America's LGBT Population Rises to 4.5 Percent, Mostly Among Millennials

Christian Post ^ | 05/24/2018 | Anugrah Kumar

[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.

[Impy]

Are you talking about fraterinity hazing?

[Cronos]

"Don't put down to maliciousness what you can blame on stupidity"

1. This indoctrination is not only in America, not only in the West, but also in other parts of the world
   
   
2. This occurs due to both tenured professors who have no idea about life outside the university grounds (and within the university grounds, like within a monastery, or kibbutz communism WORKS -- but it doesn't work in the real world) AND due to the low pays for teachers in America (Finland pays its teachers at rates equal to the corporate world with no tenures etc. and they are NOT leftist professors)
   
   
3. There are fewer challenges. When they are fewer challenges, a nation grows weak - we see this among the Sumerians, Romans, Achaemenid Persians, Sassanid iranians, Ummayyads etc. etc.
   
   
4. Citizenship and citizenship right to vote is given too easily -- one should EARN the right to vote - by contributing in some way to the country - either by serving in the military or by being part of a year/2 years work helping build the country etc.

[donna]

I was thinking of this type of thing, but, I seem to recall that one college had the males all pretend to be gay/or something as part of the brain washing.

Published May 09, 2001
Fox News
America’s Re-Education Camps

This fall, tens of thousands of bright-eyed and malleable young men and women will descend on American campuses to begin their academic careers in earnest. Most of them will face what we used to call freshman orientation. More than anything, though, it’s looking more and more like indoctrination.

One of the main components of many of these orientations is diversity, or sensitivity training. Attendance is usually mandatory and often tax-funded. Students will watch films and participate in exercises designed to shake the values they acquired from their culture and families. Two of the most popular diversity-training films are Blue Eyed and Skin Deep. (snip)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2001/05/09/america-re-education-camps.html

[Chickensoup]

Well, they were what, 2% 15 years ago and now with constant brainwashing and promotion in MSM they have doubles plus a bit.

Not surprising.

Advertising works.

[Caipirabob]

America's LGBT Population Rises to 4.5 Percent, Mostly Among Millennials

"Mental illness explodes among American youth."

[caww]

Just a replay of the sexual revolutionaries of the 60’s only now it's anyone, anything no matter how deviant.

[ZULU]

On the OTHER hand, it might keep libtard millenials from reproducing themselves.

[SeekAndFind]

Not sure about this, many gays use surrogates to have children.

[cgbg]

Update:

Federal agencies are publicly celebrating this month as LGBT month.

I kid you not. This was posted _today_!

https://www.opm.gov/blogs/Director/lgbt-pride-month/

The swamp runs deep.