The latest Gallup survey found that 5.6 percent of Americans identify as LGBTQ. That compares to just 3.5 percent who identified as LGBTQ in 2012 and 4.5 percent in 2017.
Only 86.7 percent say they are straight and 7.6 percent didn’t answer the question. Of those identifying as LGBTQ, more than half say they are bisexual.
Almost a quarter identify as gay. Only 12 percent call themselves lesbian and 11 percent transgender. One reason for the lower number of women who identify as lesbian is that women are much more likely than men to identify as bisexual.
Overall, more women than men self-identify as LGBTQ. The biggest increase in people self-identifying as LGBTQ is among those who were 18 to 23 years old in 2020 when the survey was taken.