LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to inch up, with 7.6% of all U.S. adults, and more than one in five Gen Z adults, identifying this way.
  • @Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31•1 month ago

    Not even 8% and the conservatives lose their god damn mind over anything rainbow. I’m sure the actual number of LGBTQ+ people is higher. Its just still too dangerous coming out. As long as everyone I’d a consenting adult it shouldn’t matter who you love.

  • @djsoren19@yiffit.net
    16•1 month ago

    Sorry this can’t be right, 1 in 5 of Gen Z adults? That’s an incredible increase, more than double the average across all generations. Could we actually one day reach 20% LGBTQ identification?

    Coming from a world where I stayed in the closet for years because I was terrified about violent repercussions, the number just sounds completely unreal to me.

    • @Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
      11•1 month ago

      It sounds like the biggest growth is in bisexual identification, up to 30% of Gen Z women.

      My uneducated guess is that older adults with bisexual tendencies had the option of just convincing themselves they were straight, while gay older adults didn’t really have that option.

    • Fire Witch
      4•1 month ago

      That number sounds about right based on my own social circles (though for context I’m a millennial myself)