A record 7.1% of American adults self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or anything other than straight, and members of Generation Z are driving the growth, according to results from a Gallup poll published last week. week.
The latest results mark double the percentage of adults who identified as LGBTQIAP+ than in 2012, when Gallup first measured it, and an increase from 2021, when the same poll found 5.6% of Americans identified. as LGBTQIAP+.
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This year’s record includes 21% of LGBTQIAP+ Gen Z, which Gallup defines as those born between 1997 and 2003 – making them the generational group with the highest proportion of LGBTQIAP+ people. Among millennials, 10.5% identify as LGBTQ+, while 4.2% of Gen Xers, 2.6% of baby boomers and 0.8% of traditionalists do, according to survey data.
Meanwhile, 86.3% of respondents identified as either heterosexual or heterosexual. The survey was conducted over the phone last year and incorporated a random sample of more than 12,000 adults across the country, Gallup said.
The high rate of LGBTQIAP+ self-identification among Gen Z reflects a combination of growing cultural acceptance for LGBTQ+ people and the fact that Gen Z is increasing in the national adult population while members of older generations are dying, according to the senior editor. from Gallup, Jeffrey Jones.
“They really grew up in a culture where being LGBTQ+ was normal and not something people had to be ashamed of or try to hide,” Jones said of the Gen Z members.
Interim President of the Human Rights Campaign Joni Madison said in a statement: “With more LGBTQIAP+ people than ever before living openly and embracing their identity, the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in America must continue to represent this ever-growing and beautiful community.”
Gen Z LGBTQIAP+ members are more likely to identify as bisexual, at 15%, compared to 6% of millennials, according to the survey. More than half of LGBTQ+ Americans overall, 57%, identify as bisexual, according to the results. (Respondents can select multiple responses.)
Members of Gen Z are also more likely to identify as lesbian, gay, transgender or “other” than members of other generations, according to the results. Gallup began measuring each category within “LGBT” individually in 2020, and this year marked the first year it offered respondents the option to type a response in the “other” category, Jones said, adding that Gallup plans to release more data. next year based on these self-identifications.
Some of the generational disparities, Jones said, may be partially due to the fact that older people are less likely to identify themselves due to the fact that they grew up in a time of less acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. (Gallup data shows that LGBTQ+ identification tends to remain stable among older generations, fluctuating around 4% for Gen Xers, 3% for baby boomers, and 1% for traditionalists since the first Gallup poll of LGBTQ self-identification. in 2012.)
Generation Z also represents an increasing share of American adults as more of them turn 18. And younger members of this generation are more likely than older members of their generation to identify as LGBTQIAP+, as the percentage of them who identify as LGBTQ has nearly doubled since 2017, when it was 10.5%.
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