What’s the correct number of lesbians? Gay men? Bisexuals? Trans people? Is there a number that is too high? Too low? Just right?
Every year, Gallup releases a survey of how many Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (L.G.B.T.). The 2023 edition found it was about 7 percent.
That percentage has held relatively steady over the past three years, but it is about double the percentage in 2012 (3.4 percent).
Perhaps most notably, the number of transgender Americans has increased, as has the number of people who identify as nonbinary.