A new Gallup poll finds LGBTQ identification in the U.S. expanding annually with 7.6 percent of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation other than heterosexual.
This latest percentage is up a full two percent from 5.6 percent four years ago and is more than double the 3.5 percent of 2012, Gallup’s first year of surveying sexual orientation and transgender identity.
Based on aggregated data from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, the information culled comes from interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older.
Gallup asks respondents a set of questions about their identities: whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something else.