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People in the US identifying as LGBT (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wow, not from the US but I can't imagine every 3rd person I meet my age being queer... Here across the pond it's like every 10th

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Bisexuality is important here.

Half of all queers are bisexual according to that last survey.

I think, this is what really pushed the numbers upwards during the last decades.

So, that young LGBT person on the other side of the road could live in a heterosexual relationship, but being attracted to both genders.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It's only 30% if you are around people who are from Gen Z exclusively. The overall percentage is lower.

“In its most recent poll, released in February of last year, Gallup found 7.2% of adults in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ, including nearly 20% of those in Gen Z, which that survey defined as those ages 19 to 26.”

The point is to show that newer generations, especially Gen Z, are identifying as LGBTQ+ at a higher rate than previous generations. That being said, it wouldn't surprise me if the numbers are lower for past generations because there are more dead and closeted LGBTQ+ people in those generations.