Congratulations, everyone: America is gayer than ever before.
A new study by Gallup shows that more Americans than ever before identify as LGBTQ. The polling group surveyed more than 1.6 million people, and used the findings to extrapolate that 10 million adults now claim the acronym. It’s about 4.1% of the population, up from 3.5% in 2012. Not surprisingly, those numbers are strongest among people who are not religious. Women are also more likely to self-identify than men, among whom antigay stigma is stronger.
From these numbers, we can extrapolate the percentage of the population will only swell as organized religion continues to diminish as a role in American life and masculinity and heterosexuality continue their decoupling.
Millennials are credited for for the increase. They’re far more comfortable identifying with orientations other than straight than previous generations. Though when they choose a label, it’s often B rather than L or G.
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Around 7.3% of millennials are queer in some way, compared to 3.2% among Generation X and 2.4% of baby boomers. It’s unlikely this age group are any more likely to be LGBTQ; they are just more open about it.
kille310
You guys just posted this 2 days ago.
https://www.queerty.com/america-getting-gayer-gayer-according-new-gallup-survey-20170114
C’mon, i know its different authors, but at least know what your colleagues publish
1EqualityUSA
I feel gayer this year.
Jack Meoff
@1EqualityUSA: I felt gayer in 2008 but then I’m not American so I guess it doesn’t count.
1EqualityUSA
Gay vapors know no borders, Mr. Meoff.
DMscrub32
I’m gay and religious. I don’t feel uncomfortable aligning myself with both. I get that less religious people are more likely to identify as gay, but you can totally be both and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Masc Pride
@kille310: LOL. Thought this looked familiar. But don’t go too hard on Ben. He went out of his way to find a different stock photo. That can’t be easy.
Armiya
@kille310: Ya think they really care? I’m sure the only reason this issue was brought up again a few days after it was originally published, is because amazing “news” sites like Reddit and Whisper aren’t churning out inane content for the “writers” at Queerty to make a story from. Check their colleagues? They can’t even do spell check in their columns!
Bob LaBlah
The real shame in reprinted this article (a few words were changed/switched but is still the same article) are the nbrs you included. For it to be 4.1 percent of the population there would have to be 400 million people here in America, and there aren’t. Its just that simple, unless its that new gay math being used that I’ve heard about.
CaliKyle
@Bob LaBlah: The US population is approximately 318 million. 4% of 318 million is less than 13 million. I guess the old gay math you used to arrive at 400 million gay Muricans isnt quite as accurate as the new gay math.