7.1 percent, a new record, represents the percentage of U.S. adults who self-identify as homosexual, gay, bisexual, transgender, or as someone who is not heterosexual. This is double the number from 2011 when Gallup first took this measurement.
What's the meaning of the rainbow flag?The LGBT social movements and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride are symbolized by the rainbow flag. The colors, which are sometimes referred to as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, represent the diversity of the LGBT population as well as the range of sexual orientations and gender identities.
The proportion of adults who identify as LGBT has been largely stable among traditionalists, baby boomers, and members of Generation X since Gallup started tracking LGBT identification in 2011. The proportion of millennials has also increased slightly, from 5.8% in 2011 (when some members of the generation had not yet reached the age of 18) to 7.8% in 2017 and 10.5 percent now.
Since 2017, when just the youngest members of Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 1999—had reached adulthood, the percentage of that generation who identify as LGBT has nearly doubled. 10.5 percent of the small portion of the generation who were adults at the time identified as LGBT.
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