Women more likely than men to identify as LGBTQ.
QUICK FACTS:
- One in five Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, and that number is only expected to go up, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday, Axios reports.
- Those who identify as LGBTQ might comprise 10–15% of the adult population “in the not too distant future” as Gen Z and millennials make up an increasing proportion of the adult population, said Jeff Jones, the author of the Gallup poll.
- The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ has doubled over the past decade, from 3.5% in 2012 to 7.1% in 2021.
- Gen Z adults who identify as LGBTQ have increased from 10.5% in 2017 to 20.8% in 2021.
- Millennials, ages 26 to 41, identifying as LGBTQ increased from 5.8% in 2012 to 10.5% in 2021.
- The number of traditionalists (people born before 1946), baby boomers, and Generation X adults who identify as LGBTQ has remained steady.
- Gen Zers who’ve turned 18 since 2018 are more likely than older members of Gen Z to identify as LGBTQ, so the number of LGBTQ adults will likely increase as all Gen Zers reach adulthood, according to Jones.
WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ:
- Gen Z women are about 3 times more likely than men to identify as LGBTQ, and Millennial women are roughly two times as likely than men.
BACKGROUND:
- The increasing number of young adults self-identifying as LGBTQ underscores changing societal norms, Jones said.
- “The kids are growing up now … in a very different environment,” he said, adding that LGBTQ young adults are “much more likely because of their environment to acknowledge that and to accept that compared to people in the past who were in a similar situation.”
