Portion of US adults identifying as LGBTQ has more than doubled in last 12 years
Posted on AllSides March 13th, 2024
From The Left
The portion of U.S. adults who identify as other than heterosexual has more than doubled since 2012, a Gallup poll has found, with young people leading the way – from Generation Z through the Silent Generation, each younger group is about twice as likely as the one before it to identify as LGBTQ+.
About 7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or as something other than heterosexual, the poll found. That’s compared to 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, the year the national polling agency began measuring...
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