The article in the url below, buried deep into last week's Sunday NYT, is heartening:
"Nearly one in 10 adults in the United States identifies as L.G.B.T.Q., according to a large analysis from Gallup released Thursday — almost triple the share since Gallup began counting in 2012, and up by two-thirds since 2020."
The graph accompanying the article demonstrates the dramatic shift in reporting patterns, over a relatively short period of time:
It seems that the increase is accounted for mostly by "bisexual women" and younger generations:
"Nearly one-quarter of adults in Generation Z, defined by Gallup as those 18 to 27, identify as L.G.B.T.Q., according to the analysis, which included 14,000 adults across all of Gallup's telephone surveys last year. More than half of these L.G.B.T.Q. young adults identify as bisexual. Among all respondents, 1.3 percent identified as transgender, up from 0.6 percent in 2020. That is higher than other large surveys have found in recent years."
Some additional detail:
Presuming the percentage of the population who are L.G.B.T.Q. remains constant, the higher reporting percentage must be due to a sense of security and confidence in people feeling they can be open about who they are, which is a welcome sign of progress in our society.
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David
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Survey Finds Rapid Increase in U.S. Adults Identifying as L.G.B.T.Q.
By Claire Cain Miller and Francesca Paris
February 23, 2025
The New York Times
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