Gallup: 1 in 5 Gen Z Adults Identifies as LGBTQ+
a new poll released by Gallup. That’s 1.5 percentage points higher than last year and double the percentage Gallup reported in 2012.
The pollster asked Americans if they identified as straight or heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender as part of demographic information it collects on all of its U.S.
telephone surveys, Gallup said in a news release Thursday. The respondent also had the opportunity to say another sexuality or gender identity than the categories provided by Gallup.More than 12,000 adults participated in the surveys conducted last year.Besides the 7.1 percent identifying as LGBTQ+, 86 percent said they identified as straight while 6.6 percent didn’t offer an answer.Gallup found that one in five Gen Z adults identified as LGBTQ+ with older generations identifying less so.
While the percentages of baby boomers and Gen X adults who identify as LGBTQ+ have remained consistent, millennials have continued to identify more as LGBTQ+ — increasing from 5.8 percent in 2012 to 7.8 percent in 2017 to 10.5 percent in 2021.The global analytics firm found bisexuality was the most common identity category.
