The percent of U.S. adults who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled over the last 10 years, from 3.5 percent in 2012 to 7.1 percent,
Highlights
- Gallup poll: Percentage of U.S.
- adults who identify as LGBTQ has doubled over the last 10 years.
- Generation Z adults are the most likely to identify as bisexual, compared to Generation X, baby boomers and traditionalists.
- Gallup predicts the number of LGBTQ-identifying adults will only increase — and likely at a much faster rate than past generations.
- More than 1 in 5, or 21 percent, of Gen Z adults identify as gay, 14 percent are lesbian, 10 percent are transgender and 4 percent identify as something else.
- The poll asked more than 12,000 adults how they identify during telephone interviews last year.