CHRISTIAN POST/ Leah MarieAnn Klett-
One in six Gen Z adults identify as LGBT — the highest percentage of any generation in history — and that number is likely to continue to increase, according to survey data released by Gallup.
Gallup’s latest survey data, based on more than 15,000 interviews conducted throughout 2020 with Americans age 18 and older, found that 5.6% of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, up from 4.5% in Gallup’s findings based on 2017 data.
One in six adults in Generation Z, people born between 1997 and 2002, identify as LGBT compared to 9.1% of millennials, 3.8% of Generation X, 2% of Baby Boomers, and 1.3% of Traditionalists.
The growth in Americans who identify as something other than heterosexual is likely to continue to increase, Gallup’s Senior Editor Jeffrey Jones wrote in announcing the results. He said that those in younger generations are more likely than those in older generations to consider themselves LGBT.
“At a time when Americans are increasingly supportive of equal rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people, a growing percentage of Americans identify themselves as LGBT. With younger generations far more likely than older generations to consider themselves LGBT, that growth should continue,” Jones wrote.
Gallup notes that one of the most significant recent advances in LGBT rights was the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015. In June 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court also ruled that civil rights law protected gay and transgender workers. Continue reading…
