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LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to blossom, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.
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These results are based on aggregated data from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender or something else. Overall, 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% decline to respond.
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ICYMI: New Numbers Shows that Nearly 30% of Gen Z Adults Detect as LGBTQ+
by Aneesha Pappy •
The differences along generational lines illustrate a positive shift in the social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, allowing younger generations to feel more comfortable and more empowered to show up out
WASHINGTON–New findings released this week from Public Religion Analyze Institute (PRRI) polling and focus groups conducted last August and September demonstrate that 28% of Gen Z adults (ages 18-25) distinguish as LGBTQ+, which is substantially higher than what’s been reported by other sources, such as Gallup. This boost highlights a positive change in the social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people amongst younger generations and is further proof that the American electorate will be increasingly more out and allied as members of Gen Z turn 18. In comparison, PRRI found that 16% of millennials, 7% of Generation X, 4% of toddler boomers and 4% of the Silent Generation identify as LGBTQ+.
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson released the monitoring statement:
“Whether it’s at the polls, in marches and rallies, or online, LGBTQ+ visibility matters and Gen Z is a press for change. Tho
What’s Behind the Rapid Rise in LGBTQ Identity?
Newsletter March 6, 2025
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
Since 2012, Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first not many years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, multi-attracted , transgender, or lgbtq+ was relatively below average and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the single largest one-year increase in LGBTQ identity. In 2024, nearly one in ten (9.3 percent) Americans identify as LGBTQ.
The steady grow in LGBTQ individuality among the widespread is worth noting, but it’s not the most significant part of the story. Most of the uptick in LGBTQ identity over the past decade is due to a dramatic expand among young adults, particularly young women. In less than a decade, the percentage of youthful women who determine as LGBTQ has more than tripled.
The gender gap in LGBTQ identity has exploded as good. A decade earlier, young women were only slightly more likely to determine as LGBTQ than young men. For instance, in 2015, 10 percent of young women and six percent of young men identified as
Thirty percent of Millennials determine as LGBTQ, according to a soon-to-be released research that is based on scientific polling data. Among Christians the numbers were lower—but only slightly, with just under 30 percent of Millennial Christians spotting as LGBTQ.
The portion of the population that describes itself as gay has varied over the years, from 10 percent, based on research by Alfred Kinsey and widely promoted by the National Lgbtq+ Task Force in 1977, to less than 6 percent in a recent Gallup poll. The pollster who worked on the new study, George Barna, attributes the unusually lofty number he found to social and news media coverage that makes it "safe and cool" for young Americans to detect as LGBTQ—whether or not it represents their actual sexual orientation.
"It's a subset of a larger issue, that this is a generation where three out of four are searching for meaning. This is a group that doesn't have a reason to get out of bed in the morning," Barna says. "Therefore, the LGBTQ identity gives them comfort. A lot of this generation claim to be moving in that command, but there's a large difference between claiming the identity and living the lifestyle."
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One in Four U.S. Adolescents Identify as Non-Heterosexual, Comparative Analysis Finds
A recent Northwestern Medicine comparative analysis of national survey results create that one in four U.S. adolescents in grades 9 through 12 reported their sexual identity as non-heterosexual, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
The study, led by Gregory Phillips II, PhD, associate professor of Medical Social Sciences and of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, emphasizes the need for inclusive approaches when working with sexual and gender minority youth in academic and healthcare settings, among others.
“These findings indicate that every free person who works with youth needs to be aware of and competent with addressing LGBTQIA+ youth as a general competency in practice,” said Lauren Beach, JD, PhD, assistant professor of Medical Social Sciences and of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology and senior author of the study.
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is a biennial set of surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Established in 1991, the survey measures he