Tarol's non-existent lobby: Almost a fifth of the American generation Z identifies as LGBT

According to a new poll by Gallup, in 2022, 7.2% of adults in the United States (every 14th adult) identified themselves as LGBTQ, a rate that shows repeated growth and is already more than double what was measured a decade ago compared to data.

The rate is even higher among Generation Z, among whom every fifth adult admits that their sexual orientation is different from heterosexual.

Although compared to the 2021 numbers (7.1%), the 2022 Gallup data only shows an increase of one percent, but the overall upward trend is unquestionable. After all

In 2012, when the analytics company began measuring LGBTQ identification, only 3.5% of adults identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or something other than heterosexual.

According to the researchers, the younger generations - especially those born between 1997 and 2004, i.e. Generation Z - are responsible for the increase. Nearly 20% of Generation AZ adults identified as LGBTQ. This rate is significantly lower (11.2%) among millennial (born between 1981 and 1996) adults. Only 3.3% of Generation X adults, those born between 1965 and 1980, identified as LGBTQ.

The data of the survey comes from a telephone survey of more than 10,000 adults. The research focused on whether the respondents identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or otherwise, but multiple identities were also possible. Some of those interviewed declared themselves to be pansexual, asexual, or "queer" in their gender orientation.

According to the analysis, about 1 in 5 LGBT adults identify as gay, 1 in 7 as lesbian, and just under 1 in 10 as transgender.

About 66% of Generation A LGBTQ adults self-identify as bisexual. Among older generations, less than half of LGBT adults identify as bisexual.

Despite only 1% increase in LGBTQ identification in 2022 compared to the previous year, the researchers say “the phenomenon has become much more common in the United States over the past decade,” adding that the upward trend is expected to continue as "many more young Americans [...] identify as non-heterosexual".

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