Posted on 05/24/2018 11:55:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the United States, the percentage of adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has increased to 4.5 percent, according to a year-long survey, which also shows that the biggest increase has been among millennials.
Gallup's daily tracking in 2017 has found that more than 11 million adults now identify as LGBT in the country, which is 4.5 percent of the population — up from 4.1 percent in 2016 and 3.5 percent in 2012.
The increase is driven primarily by the millennials, meaning those born between 1980 and 1999, as those from this group who identify as LGBT rose from 7.3 percent in 2016 to 8.1 percent in 2017. It stood at 5.8 percent in 2012.
In Generation X, meaning those born from 1965 to 1979, the LGBT percentage was up 0.2 percent from 2016 to 2017, the survey report notes, adding that no change was observed last year in LGBT percentage among baby boomers (those born 1946 through 1964), and among traditionalists (those born prior to 1946).
"A variety of factors can affect the willingness of adults to identify as LGBT," LGBT demographic expert Dr. Gary Gates notes in the report. "These can include how comfortable and confident survey respondents feel about the confidentiality and privacy of data collected."
The survey found that, just as in the past, women are more likely to identify as LGBT than men, but this gender gap has now expanded.
In 2017, overall 5.1 percent of women identified as LGBT, compared with 3.9 percent of men. "The change among men over time has been minimal, with the LGBT percentage edging up from 3.4% in 2012 to 3.7% both last year and this year. On the other hand, the percentage of women identifying as LGBT has risen from 3.5% in 2012 to 5.1% today, with the largest jump occurring between 2016 and 2017," the report says.
The study also discovered that LGBT identification is more common among those with lower incomes, just as in the past. "The income gap is larger this year than it has been, with 6.2% of those making less than $36,000 a year in household income identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of those making $90,000 or more."
The results are based on telephone interviews with a sample of more than 340,000 American adults living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, collected from Jan. 2 to Dec. 30 last year. The margin of error is ±0.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
Last year, a survey by LifeWay Research showed that when there's a conflict between faith and sexuality, about half of Americans, 48 percent, said religious freedom is more important.
A quarter, 24 percent, said sexual freedom is more important, and 28 percent weren't sure, LifeWay said.
Researchers also asked the respondents if the freedom they selected is always more important or usually more important.
Only one in 10 Americans said sexual freedom always matters most, and 14 percent said sexual freedom usually matters most. But 31 percent said religious freedom always matters most, and 17 percent said religious freedom usually matters most.
A national study by the Centers for Disease Control in September 2016 suggested that gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers face more bullying and are also more likely to engage in violence-related risky behaviors, use of drugs and alcohol and consider attempting suicide.
More specifically, that study found that students who had engaged in bisexual or same-sex sexual relationships were far more likely to drink alcohol, use drugs, smoke cigarettes, and use hard drugs.
An odd type of Mimicry, or copied behavior.
Ever wonder why the gay “man” always talks and acts just like the others? It’s learned behavior.
Promoted in TV and movies. Represented as the cool thing in school.
I remember when acting like a cowboy was cool. How far we have fallen as a society.
Other words 4.5% are clinically insane.
You’re forgetting the largest group. People who aren’t but say they are just so they don’t appear intolerant.
I don’t believe this at all. I remember when they were saying it was 10%.
The reason there are so many is because, among the millennials, it’s “cool” in some circles to clam you are LGBTXYZ. i.e. it’s a fad.
D E S T R U C T I O N !
LUGs and FUGs.
Advertising and propaganda work well. Always have...
Good news! This obviously contradicts the “born this way” idea.
have believed for decades now that it can shoot to 20-25% no problem, in the absence of counterbalancing Culture. I think there are more wobblies than a lot of people realize.
All they do is check for Gonorrhea and they can find the % ?
Afraid you’re wrong.
Homosexual-Leftist normalizing of LGBTQ for the last 30 years has vastly expanded acceptability of deviance, now re-branded as a “Lifestyle choice”.
The 1.8% you quote is from 1950 Masters & Johnson stats.
I don’t know what bubble you live in, but most people here see gay propaganda proselytizing Everywhere, ie: schools, scouts, media, gov’t, church, commercial sector.
Gays won.
Once any minority group approaches a percieved 10% of a entire population, they are a political force to be reckoned with, ie: muslims, La Raza, and LGBTQ.
This nation has been divided and conquered as planned.
If it were a biological condition the percentage would be equal across the population.
Intentionally cutting off sex from its structure and purpose.
Most people don't understand how radically anti-natural-sex that is. but it's been so thoroughly sold to us that it's not even considered debatable anymore.
In the end times.
Prior to that it has been and will be brought into check by disease when it reaches a certain level. Even now antibiotics and other treatments are losing effectiveness. That has strong implications not only with traditionally recognized consequences of promiscuity like gonorrhea and syphilis, but with things like tuberculosis and SARS as well.
“Gay” is considered “cool” now, not surprisingly. The attention and honor lavished on people claiming this “status” is appealing to the weak-in-character and emotionally vulnerable. So, a lot of kids will SAY they are “gay” but don’t really know the meaning.
The low self esteem has much to do with the low income and the subsequent LOOKITMEEEEE I”m GAAY!!!
Much like you see with obese, unattractive women and the men they choose to be with
I would like to see the breakdown between male/female. I think you are right, but I also think women’s sexuality is more fluid than males. In other words women are more inclined to engage in same-sex sex to try it out than men.
‘Advertising and propaganda work well. Always have...’
speaking of which, the commercials on TV have passed by ridiculous and progressed to absurd...
you mean another byproduct of the male homosexual/pedophile cabal....
the end all of this is to make sex with children legal...
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