Posted on 02/23/2025 10:07:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The percentage of American adults who identify as "something other than heterosexual" continues to soar to record highs, especially among younger generations, according to a Gallup study released Thursday.
Twenty-three percent — one in five — of Generation Z Americans, or those born between 1997-2006, identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, the study found.
Among millennials, or those born between 1981-1996, that number was 14.2%.
Both younger generations indicated a sharp increase in LGBT identification compared to older ones, with Generation X reporting 5.1%, baby boomers at 3% and those born before 1946 reporting just 1.8%.
The most recent findings come from phone interviews conducted in 2024 with more than 14,000 adults aged 18 and over. During the interviews, participants were asked to identify as straight or heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or another identity.
About 9.3% of U.S. adults identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2024. The current figure has nearly doubled since 2020 and far surpasses the rate of 3.5% in 2012, when Gallup first began measuring sexual orientation and gender identity.
According to the results, 85.7% identified as straight, 5.2% as bisexual, 2.0% as gay, 1.4% as lesbian and 1.3% as transgender. Fewer than 1% identified with another LGBT label, such as pansexual, asexual or queer. Five percent of respondents chose not to answer the question.
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Just so with all those "state your race" questionnaires where US-born Lily White is writing in "native American."
So....not “born this way”?
According to Gallup:
Those identifying with an LGBT identity were more likely to be female, liberal, white and urban, the study also found, with 21% of them claiming to be liberal, compared to 8% as moderates and 3% as conservatives.
Politically, 14% identified as Democrats, while only 3% were Republican and 11% were independents.
Women were nearly twice as likely as men to assume an LGBT label; among Gen Z women, 31% did, but only 12% of men. Gallup attributed such a factor to the fact that women were more likely to identify as bisexual compared to men.
The rate of LGBT identification has nearly tripled in the 12 years they have been tracking such information, including increasing numbers of Americans in their teens, 20s and 30s are claiming to be bisexual, especially women.
“All the cool kids are doing it.”
According to Gallup:
Those identifying with an LGBT identity were more likely to be female, liberal, white and urban, the study also found, with 21% of them claiming to be liberal, compared to 8% as moderates and 3% as conservatives.
Politically, 14% identified as Democrats, while only 3% were Republican and 11% were independents.
Women were nearly twice as likely as men to assume an LGBT label; among Gen Z women, 31% did, but only 12% of men. Gallup attributed such a factor to the fact that women were more likely to identify as bisexual compared to men.
The rate of LGBT identification has nearly tripled in the 12 years they have been tracking such information, including increasing numbers of Americans in their teens, 20s and 30s are claiming to be bisexual, especially women.
Mostly a social epidemic (fad) among teens and college students … studies show this will drop as they age up.
Those identifying with an LGBT identity were more likely to be female, liberal, white and urban,
Also, so ugly that men wouldn’t want them anyway.
That tells me it’s a mental disease
Hey - I got a DNA profile that shows that I have more Native American DNA than Elizabeth Warner
RE: … studies show this will drop as they age up
1) Can you share with us the study?
2) If the study is accurate, can we say that they were not “born that way”?
Are that many more people nowadays really not exclusively heterosexual?
Is this happening more because society is become much more open on tolerant about this? So more people are willing to admit this orientation?
Is this happening more because among some people it’s cool to be gay, and they want to singularize themselves as being cool?
Bingo
It’s easier for women to be bisexual, because “men like to watch”.
“All the cool kids are doing it.”
Yup. I am currently a black lesbian.
Perversion is a behavior, it is not an identity.
behaviors can be modified. At least Mom thought so......
Steaming bovine excrement.
“Look at me!! I’m special!! I’m no longer a privileged white male but an oppressed minority!!”
Promote degeneracy, get more degenerates. Not really surprising.
Opus?
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