A new study carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey reveals that at least eight per cent of the country’s adult population identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
That equals to around 20 million who identify as LGBT – double the numbers estimated previously. A post shared by NYC Pride (@nycpride)The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) released a report analysing the recent results titled “We Are Here: Understanding the Size of the LGBTQ+ Community” in which the organisation emphasised the importance of the survey.“LGBTQ+ people are here – in every town, in every city, in each and every ZIP code.