America's LGBTQ+ Population Has Doubled

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America's LGBTQ+ Population Has Doubled

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Story by Giulia Carbonaro (15 March 2024)

The number of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual (LGBTQ+) climbed from 5.6 percent in 2019 to 7.6 percent in 2023, according to the latest numbers from Gallup.

The increase has been ongoing since the analytics company started measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity in the U.S. in 2012, when the number of Americans identifying as LGBTQ+ was 3.5 percent. The first year the number passed 4 percent was 2016, when it was reported at 4.1 percent.

Since then, it has continued growing. In 2023, 7.6 percent of U.S. adults identified as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup—meaning that it has more than doubled since 2012. A majority identified as bisexual (57.3 percent of LGBTQ+ adults as well as 4.4 percent of U.S. adults), followed by gay (1.4 percent of U.S. adults) and lesbian (1.2 percent of U.S. adults). Less than 1 percent (0.9) of U.S. adults are transgender.

The movement to recognize LGBTQ+ rights has made massive advances in the past couple of decades, allowing more people to safely come out and explore their identity.