• LGBT demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

    The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men.

  • Some 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT: study ...

    2019/03/05 · An estimated 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and they tend to be younger and poorer than the population at large, according to an analysis of polling ...

  • In U.S., Estimate of LGBT Population Rises to 4.5% - …

    2020/05/01 · WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) increased to 4.5% in 2017, up from 4.1% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2012 when Gallup began tracking the ...

  • Gallup.com - Americans Still Greatly Overestimate U.S. …

    2020/04/13 · Americans' estimate of the proportion of gay people in the U.S. is more than five times Gallup's more encompassing 2017 estimate that 4.5% of Americans are LGBT, based on respondents' self-identification as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. ...

  • Demographics of sexual orientation - Wikipedia

    The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men. [74]

  • Just How Many LGBT Americans Are There? - The Daily …

    2018/11/16 · Gallup polling show that 4 percent of Americans are LGBT. But with more millennials self-identifying as LGBT, that number could one …

  • LGBT America: By the Numbers | Washington Week

    2016/07/13 · How many military service members are LGBT? The Williams Institute estimated in 2010 that 70,000 members of the U.S. military were lesbian, gay, or bisexual. In 2014, the Institute also concluded ...

  • LGBT bullying rife in schools: survey | The Japan Times

    2014/05/08 · About 70 percent of sexual minorities have experienced bullying in school and 30 percent have thought about committing suicide, according to a survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

  • U.S. Homosexuality - Statistics & Facts | Statista

    2017/06/09 · Homosexuality in the United States Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender 2012-2017 Americans who …

  • A record 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, …

    2018/05/25 · A record 4.5 percent of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a new Gallup estimate.The percentage, which works out to more than 11 million U.S. adults ...

  • A record 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, Gallup ...

    2018/05/25 · A record 4.5 percent of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a new Gallup estimate.The percentage, which works out to more than 11 million U.S. adults ...

  • New estimate: 4.5 percent of U.S. population is LGBT ...

    2019/03/05 · An estimated 4.5 percent of adults in the United States, or approximately 11.3 million people, identify as LGBT. Researchers at the Williams Institute at UCLA analyzed data from the Gallup Daily ...

  • About the Data - The Williams Institute

    2017/12/31 · About the data Analysis in this interactive utilize data collected for the Gallup Daily Tracking survey. Respondents were obtained through list-assisted random digit dial (70% cell phone, 30% landline) and randomly assigned to one of two surveys within the Daily Tracking survey—the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index or the Gallup …

  • A teen health survey crucial to US public policy is finally ...

    2017/06/26 · A teen health survey crucial to US public policy is finally asking kids about their sexual orientation June 25, 2017 By Zoë Schlanger Environment reporter Last year, the US Centers for Disease ...

  • Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News ...

    2015/05/13 · More specifically, 1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4 percent as bisexual, and 1.5 percent of women self-identify as lesbian and 0.9 percent as bisexual. The results are generally in ...

  • Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes rose 3 percent in '17, FBI finds

    2018/11/14 · The FBI this week reported a 17 percent year-over-year increase in federal hate crimes across the U.S., the third consecutive yearly rise and the largest jump in federally reported hate crimes ...

  • More in Japan identify as LGBT as social awareness …

    2019/01/28 · In a survey aimed at 60,000 people nationwide by Dentsu Inc. on the 11th, it was announced that 8.9 percent of respondents identified themselves as sexual minorities (LGBT), which means homosexual ...

  • Human Rights Campaign - Growing Up LGBT in …

    2016/06/22 · Growing Up LGBT in America HRC’s report, Growing Up LGBT in America, is a groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17. It provides a stark picture of the difficulties they face — the impact on their well-being is profound, however these youth are quite resilient.

  • What percentage of the US population is transgender?

    2019/04/02 · Meanwhile, in 2017, LGBT statistics by GLAAD reported that an estimated 3 percent of the US population identified as transgender across various age groups. Transgender statistics according to states

  • GLAAD calls for LGBT characters in 20 percent of …

    2018/05/22 · GLAAD called on Hollywood to have 20 percent of annual film releases include a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or gender fluid character by 2021, rising to 50 percent of output by 2024.

  • LGBT Statistics May Surprise You - CreditDonkey

    2018/02/25 · In addition, LGBT youth are 5 times more likely to need medical attention as a result of their suicide attempt than non-LGBT youth. How often does a transgender person attempt to commit suicide? In a study of more than 27,000 transgender people , 40% of them admitted to attempting to commit suicide at least once in their life.

  • A Research Note on Canada's LGBT Data Landscape ...

    2019/02/22 · According to the 2016 SSMCAF, 3 percent of Regular Force members self‐identified as LGBT (Cotter 2016). Other than the CAF, few have used the SSMCAF to study the LGBT community. Cotter reported that LGBT Regular:34).

  • How Many People are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and ...

    2020/04/28 · Averaging measures of same-sex sexual behavior yields an estimate of nearly 19 million Americans (8.2%) who have engaged in same-sex sexual behavior. 1 The National Survey of Family Growth is the only source of US data on attraction and suggests that 11% or nearly 25.6 million Americans acknowledge at least some same …

  • LGBTQ Youth | HHS.gov

    2019/05/07 · Adapted from LGBT Youth and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Teens: Facts for Teens and their Parents Among adolescents ages 18-19, just under eight percent of females and just under three percent of males identify as ...

  • Demographics of sexual orientation - Wikipedia

    The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men. [74]

  • Nine percent of Japan's population is LGBT, research finds

    2019/01/11 · Research has found 8.9 percent of Japan’s population identify as LGBT. Dentsu, Japan’s largest advertising agency, surveyed 60,000 Japanese residents between the ages of 20 and 59 in October 2018.

  • What Cities Have the Largest Percentage of LGBT Residents ...

    2018/05/31 · The number of people identifying at LGBT is just a shade smaller in university-rich Austin as it is in tech-crazy Portland, at 5.3 percent. The city boasts the Austin Gay & Lesbian International ...

  • What is the population of LGBT people in the world? - …

    Thanks for A2A Yatharth Singh ! The population of LGBT in the world is a debatable topic. In report published in April 2016 by the Williams Institute estimated that 4.1% of Americans identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual, or transgender

  • Workplace Discrimination: The LGBT Workforce | HuffPost

    2017/12/07 · The LGBT community is statistically one of the most discriminated against demographics in the world today. According to surveys done by UCLA's William's Institute, approximately four percent of the United States workforce identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT).

  • 5 key findings about LGBT Americans | Pew Research …

    2017/06/13 · LGBT adults recognize the change in attitudes: About nine-in-ten (92%) said in a 2013 Pew Research Center survey of adults identifying as LGBT that society had become more accepting of them in the previous decade.

  • Human Rights Campaign - Report Reveals Half of …

    2018/06/25 · Forty-six percent of LGBTQ workers say they are closeted at work, compared to 50 percent in HRC’s groundbreaking 2008 Degrees of Equality report; One in five LGBTQ workers report having been told or had coworkers imply that they should dress in a more feminine or masculine manner;

  • What Cities Have the Largest Percentage of LGBT Residents ...

    2018/05/31 · The number of people identifying at LGBT is just a shade smaller in university-rich Austin as it is in tech-crazy Portland, at 5.3 percent. The city boasts the Austin Gay & Lesbian International ...

  • • Chart: 4.5 Percent of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT | …

    2019/05/31 · A total of 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identified as LGBT in 2017, a new record high. In the latest year available, it was most of all Millennials among which a higher number reported to being LGBT ...

  • Statistics | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center ...

    2019/05/31 · 84 percent of respondents identified as LGBT. 16 percent of respondents identified as heterosexual or uncertain 71 percent felt that transgender people were likely to suffer harassment, and 61 percent felt that gay men and lesbians were likely to …

  • 10 Statistics You Need to Know about LGBT Healthcare ...

    2018/11/20 · More than 50 percent of LGBT people experience some form of healthcare discrimination. 56 percent of LGBTQ individuals have confronted discrimination while seeking medical treatment — whether it be the absence of proper gender designation on medical intake forms or blatant refusal to provide specific and necessary services.

  • LGBTs Are 10% Of US Population? Wrong, Says Demographer

    2011/06/08 · LGBTs Are 10% Of US Population? Wrong, Says Demographer Host Michel Martin and Judy Bradford of the Center for Population Research in LGBT Health discuss the Institute Of Medicine's report ...

  • Some 4.5 per cent of US adults identify as LGBT, study shows ...

    2019/03/06 · The self-identifying LGBT population also skews younger. Only 23 percent are age 50 or older, compared with 47 percent of non-LGBT adults, and 56 percent of LGBT adults are under age 35 compared ...

  • Anti-LGBT Discrimination in US Health Care | HRW

    2018/07/23 · The creation of LGBT competency modules in physician training programs is a relatively recent development; a survey of US medical schools conducted in 2012 found that only 16 percent of respondent ...

  • TIME.com - Gay Americans: Government Begins LGBT ...

    For many LGBT people, there is also a keen sense of dignity and power at stake in such research. “For decades our struggle has been to …

  • What do the US midterm elections mean for LGBT ...

    2018/11/07 · The US midterm elections 2018 come exactly halfway between the 2016 presidential election and 2020 presidential election. All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives were up for election ...

  • CNN - In a survey of American Muslims, 0% identified as ...

    2019/05/28 · For many LGBT Muslims, coming out of the closet to their families and religious communities can be a fraught decision. One Muslim leader says she receives calls regularly from young gay and ...

  • Changing Attitudes on Same-Sex Marriage | Pew …

    2019/05/14 · In Pew Research Center polling in 2001, Americans opposed same-sex marriage by a margin of 57% to 35%. Since then, support for …

  • Gay Population Statistics in the United States

    2017/07/14 · The number of LGBT persons in the U.S. is subjective. Studies pointing to the statistics are estimates at best. The most widely accepted statistic is that 1 in ever 10 individuals is LGBT; however, some research ...

  • LGBT group pushes for 20 percent of all television …

    2019/11/11 · (Photo: Unsplash/Tristan Billet) A major gay rights organization is pushing for 20 percent of all television characters to be LGBT by the year 2025. According to a report called "Where We Are on TV", which was released Thursday from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the presence of characters who identify as LGBT …

  • Some 4.5 percent of US adults identify as LGBT: study ...

    2019/03/06 · The institute found Washington, D.C., had the highest percentage of LGBT people at 9.8 percent and North Dakota had the lowest at 2.7 percent. The self-identifying LGBT population also skews younger. Only 23 percent are age 50 or older, compared with 47 percent of non-LGBT adults, and 56 percent of LGBT adults are under age 35 compared with 28 percent for the non-LGBT …

  • Americans Vastly Overestimate Size of Gay Population ...

    2019/06/27 · Americans Vastly Overestimate Size of Gay Population, Gallup Poll Reveals A new poll shows that a majority of Americans believe at least one in four people are gay or lesbian. A new Gallup poll ...

  • Nearly 40% of homeless youths are LGBT, and I'm …

    2015/10/25 · I don’t look homeless, but I am. Nearly 40% of homeless youth in America identify as LGBT, and we are resourceful, connected and do our best to blend into the crowd so we are not seen.At present ...

  • Americans Vastly Overestimate Size of Gay and Lesbian ...

    2015/05/22 · Poll shows Americans think 25 percent of the population are lesbians or gay men. The actual figure: less than 4 percent. "Part of the explanation for the inaccurate estimates of the gay and ...

  • Pew Research Center - Religion in America: U.S. …

    Explore the geographic distribution and demographics of America's major religious groups. The RLS surveys more than 35,000 Americans from all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices, and social and political

  • Which States Have the Largest LGBT Populations? Survey ...

    2019/03/05 · Gallup also reports that 58 percent of LGBT-identifying people in the U.S. are White, 21 percent are Latinx, 12 percent are Black, 5 percent are more than one race, 2 percent are Asian, 1 percent ...