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Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’
Washington Post ^ | 10 08 2026 | Casey Parks

Posted on 10/08/2026 11:39:07 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than they were a few years ago, according to a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

The decline is particularly striking among ninth-grade girls, according to Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University who published her analysis of the 2025 data on her Substack “Generation Tech.” In 2021, 30 percent of ninth-grade girls identified as lesbian or bisexual. Last year, 17 percent did.

“It really does look like a free fall,” Twenge said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”

Twenge has been researching generational differences for decades. As part of that work, she regularly analyzes data from the CDC’s biennial Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.

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KEYWORDS: 2021; 2025; bisexual; fads; gay; homosexual; homosexualagenda; lgbt; lgbtqtruth; liberaltruth; obama; trends

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My guess it's no longer trendy, fashionable, shocking, or provocative to identify as gay.
1 posted on 10/08/2026 11:39:07 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Being trans was just the latest Pet Rock.


2 posted on 10/08/2026 11:39:59 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Thank you, Lord. Every day. (@FeistyFed on TS) 🐝.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Perversion isn’t as cool as it used to be.


3 posted on 10/08/2026 11:40:54 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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“But what’s causing it is unclear.”

Its amazing what happens when normies get back into office and dont reward attention seeking abnormal behavior with policy and prizes.

Its no longer cool.

4 posted on 10/08/2026 11:42:05 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s such a mystery, we are all baffled, what could it be.........what c o u l d it be?

How about this one, now that the tide has turned and it is uncool, maybe they are all too embarrassed to admit they are lesbians and homosexuals and have decided to conceal it by appearing normal for the rest of their lives.


5 posted on 10/08/2026 11:42:50 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: yesthatjallen

He tried to be gay, but it didn’t pay
So he bought a motorbike instead
He failed at funk, so he became a punk
‘Cause he thought he’d make a little more bread

-The Kinks (Prince Of The Punks)


6 posted on 10/08/2026 11:44:20 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Next fad they will identify as cats...............


7 posted on 10/08/2026 11:45:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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“Amazing what happens when you cut the Department of Education and USAID,” Terry Schilling, the head of the American Principles Project, wrote on X.


8 posted on 10/08/2026 11:46:38 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: chajin

Boys are finding out they don’t like poop.


9 posted on 10/08/2026 11:48:57 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: KC_Conspirator

It’s unclear what is causing people to be normal.


10 posted on 10/08/2026 11:50:33 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Not A Snowbird

Lesbo is the pet rock. Trans is the psychotic delusion.


11 posted on 10/08/2026 11:51:10 AM PDT by anton
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

12 posted on 10/08/2026 11:52:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Perhaps they figured Being an
Angry shaved headed Freak
Spouting “Love is Love!”
Is a Terrible Life to Live.


13 posted on 10/08/2026 11:53:03 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Good SCIENCE is Not Faith BUT Curiosity. )
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https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/report-finds-considerable-decline-in-trans-and-queer-identification-in-gen-z

Mental illness increased in 2021 and 2022 but declined by 2023, which mirrors the beginning of the reduction in the surveyed young people identifying as LGBT. LGBT identification reached its highest in 2022.

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“And when we are now talking about LGBTQ, particularly BTQ,” he said, “isn’t it interesting that even some people on the left say at least a part of this, a major function of this, one big driver of this, is fashion.


14 posted on 10/08/2026 11:53:09 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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No longer promoted by the White House maybe.


15 posted on 10/08/2026 11:54:03 AM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Another benefit of getting rid of USAID.


16 posted on 10/08/2026 11:55:57 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: yesthatjallen

Genes apparently just “flip” back, it seems…


17 posted on 10/08/2026 11:56:10 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Maybe because they never were. It is just not cool, it is “ICK” now.


18 posted on 10/08/2026 11:56:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Trump is ultimately responsible for this.

Even though has not spoken on this topic directly.

We live in a semi-socialist country, with a huge, bloated and centralized government.

Leftists and marxists use everything from DOJ lawfare to NGO funding to controlled-media campaigns to executive orders to the vast bloated Fed.gov apparatus to effect their social-engineering

Trump has both attacked this Fed.gov funding and propaganda network, AND he has given conservatives courage to stand up and tell the truth.

Its amazing the thousands of unimaginable 2nd and 3rd order effects a change in leadership can have.


19 posted on 10/08/2026 11:57:12 AM PDT by PGR88
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Of course it isn’t. Remember when being “Goth” was in vogue?


20 posted on 10/08/2026 11:58:30 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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