Why gay men are increasing
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to develop, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender diverse, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.
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These results are based on aggregated data from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender or something else. Overall, 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% decline to respond.
Bisexual adults make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ population -- 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of Gay adults say they are bisexual. Gay and woman loving woman are the next-most-common identities, each representing slightly over 1% of U.S. adults and roughly one in six LGBTQ+ adults. Slightly less than 1% of U.S. adults and about one in eight LGBT
The evolutionary puzzle of homosexuality
These figures may not be steep enough to sustain genetic traits specific to this collective, but the evolutionary biologist Jeremy Yoder points out in a blog send , external that for much of up-to-date history gay people haven't been living openly gay lives. Compelled by community to enter marriages and have children, their reproduction rates may have been higher than they are now.
How many gay people have children also depends on how you define organism "gay". Many of the "straight" men who have sex with fa'afafine in Samoa go on to get married and have children.
"The category of gay sexuality becomes very diffuse when you take a multicultural perspective," says Joan Roughgarden, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Hawaii. "If you leave to India, you'll find that if someone says they are 'gay' or 'homosexual' then that immediately identifies them as Western. But that doesn't represent there's no homosexuality there."
Similarly in the West, there is evidence that many people depart through a phase of homosexual outing. In the 1940s, US sex researcher Alfred K
Genetics or Environment: Tracing the Root Cause of Increasing Homosexual Population
Authors
- Jonald Pimentel a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:31:"University of Southern Mindanao";}
- Anna Jean S. Garcia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.94.12273Keywords:
Birth order, Environment, Genetics, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation.Abstract
The number of homosexuals at present is enormously increasing in the Philippines. These homosexuals established themselves in the academe, government, services, industry and in the private sectors. They contributed a lot in the society shaping government policies where they were given attention especially in their demands of acceptance and equality. However, some homosexuals are also contributing the spread of disease particularly HIV-AIDS due to their sexual practices and activities. The raise of this group of individuals causes a distortion on the growth of human population since they do not produce offspring due to same sex partnership. This study investigated the root cause of homosexuality
ICYMI: New Data Shows that Nearly 30% of Gen Z Adults Spot as LGBTQ+
by Aneesha Pappy •
The differences along generational lines illustrate a positive shift in the social acceptance of Gay people, allowing younger generations to feel more content and more empowered to come out
WASHINGTON–New findings released this week from Universal Religion Research Institute (PRRI) polling and focus groups conducted last August and September show that 28% of Gen Z adults (ages 18-25) identify as LGBTQ+, which is substantially higher than what’s been reported by other sources, such as Gallup. This increase highlights a positive change in the social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people amongst younger generations and is further proof that the American electorate will be increasingly more out and allied as members of Gen Z spin 18. In comparison, PRRI found that 16% of millennials, 7% of Generation X, 4% of child boomers and 4% of the Silent Generation determine as LGBTQ+.
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson released the following statement:
“Whether it’s at the polls, in marches and rallies, or online, LGBTQ+ awareness matters and Gen Z is a force for change. Tho
What’s Behind the Rapid Rise in LGBTQ Identity?
Newsletter March 6, 2025
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
Since 2012, Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first scant years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, fluid, transgender, or gender non-conforming was relatively deep (in pitch) and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the single largest one-year increase in LGBTQ identity. In 2024, nearly one in ten (9.3 percent) Americans identify as LGBTQ.
The steady ascend in LGBTQ culture among the common is worth noting, but it’s not the most vital part of the story. Most of the uptick in LGBTQ identity over the past decade is due to a dramatic enlarge among young adults, particularly young women. In less than a decade, the percentage of juvenile women who distinguish as LGBTQ has more than tripled.
The gender gap in LGBTQ identity has exploded as adequately. A decade earlier, young women were only slightly more likely to spot as LGBTQ than young men. For instance, in 2015, 10 percent of young women and six percent of young men identified as