A new Gallup poll has found that the number of Americans who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled in the last decade.
Currently, 7.1% of Americans consider themselves to have an LGBT identity, according to the study, which was based on aggregated 2021 data and included interviews with more than 12,000 U.S. adults. That figure is more than double from 3.5% in 2012.
Of the adults surveyed, 86.3% said they are straight or heterosexual, and 6.6% offered no opinion.
The study also revealed that while LGBT identification has been stable in older generations, it has risen significantly in younger generations. Over 20% of Gen Z adults -- those born between 1997 and 1999 -- identify as LGBT, followed by 10.5% of millennials, 4.5% of Generation X and 2.6% of baby boomers. » |Tony Morrison | Thursday, February 17, 2022
