A new Gallup poll found the number of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States has doubled since 2012 and now stands at 7.1 percent of the US population.
Reports Gallup:
Gallup asks Americans whether they personally identify as straight or heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender as part of the demographic information it collects on all U.S. telephone surveys. Respondents can also volunteer any other sexual orientation or gender identity they prefer.
In addition to the 7.1 percent of U.S. adults who consider themselves to be an LGBT identity, 86.3 percent say they are straight or heterosexual, and 6.6 percent do not offer an opinion. The results are based on aggregated 2021 data, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 US adults.
The increase in LGBT identification in recent years largely reflects the higher prevalence of such identities among the youngest U.S. adults compared with the older generations they are replacing in the U.S. adult population.
Roughly 21 percent of Generation Z Americans who have reached adulthood — those born between 1997 and 2003 — identify as LGBT. That is nearly double the proportion of millennials who do so, while the gap widens even further when compared with older generations.
Find the entire Feb. 17, 2021 report from Gallup here.
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