Is everyone gay now
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at %
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with % of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from % four years ago and % in , Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.
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These results are based on aggregated data from Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12, Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they determine as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something else. Overall, % speak they are straight or heterosexual, % identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and % decline to respond.
Bisexual adults make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ population -- % of U.S. adults and % of LGBTQ+ adults utter they are bisexual. Gay and lesbian are the next-most-common identities, each representing slightly over 1% of U.S. adults and roughly one in six LGBTQ+ adults. Sligh
More than half of generation Z gay, bisexual teenage boys report being out to parents
A majority of gay and bisexual Generation Z teenage boys report being out to their parents, part of an uptick in coming out among young people that researchers have noted in recent decades, according to explore published by the American Psychological Association. However, stigma and religious beliefs still prevent some new people from disclosing their sexual identity.
This study offers a glimpse into the coming out practices of Generation Z, those born between and , a group that researchers are only start to study.
"This learn is encouraging in that it shows that many teens, including those under 18 years elderly, are comfortable with their sexuality," said lead author David A. Moskowitz, PhD, assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University's Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. "At the adj time, we must be cautious, as the data also point to some of the identical barriers and discrimination that previous generations have faced. Verb still n
Twelve years before same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States, the openly-gay British writer Andrew Sullivan declared that “we are all sodomites now.” Behind his provocative statement was a rather simple observation: By , non-procreative sex between heterosexuals had been thoroughly normalized.
Ten years after Obergefell, Sullivan’s statement proves more prophetic than he anticipated. More people, especially Zoomers, openly identify as gay or some type of queer. Fewer heterosexuals are marrying, as Matthew Schmitz recently pointed out in these pages, and even fewer are procreating (though many are proud dog parents). I can’t serve but notice that heterosexual couples are beginning to mirror homosexual ones in more ways than just barrenness.
Polyamory—a ordinary feature of the gay lifestyle—is increasingly popular among heterosexuals, as relationships are now driven by individual fulfillment rather than procreation and starting a family. And traditional gender roles have become largely superfluous to romantic pairings. Women have surpassed men in education and the wor