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Gallup: Record 7.1% of Americans now identify as LGBT
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A new Gallup poll finds that a record 7.1% of Americans now identify as something other than heterosexual, including one in five Generation Z young adults.
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According to a new Gallup poll, more than 7% of American adults identify as LGBTQ, a new high. The increase is being propelled by Gen Z adults, as 21% of them self-identified as LGBTQ, per the poll.
If younger Americans continue to come out at increasing rates, Gallup predicts the proportion of adults who identify as LGBTQ will exceed 10 percent in the near future.
The proportion of US adults identifying as LGBT has increased to a high of 7.1 percent, double the figure from 2012 when Gallup first started measuring it, reflecting a generational shift, the pollin…
A new Gallup poll finds that a record 7.1% of Americans now identify as something other than heterosexual, including one in five Generation Z young adults.
