Gallup: LGBTQ+ identification in US rises to 7.6% — 1 in 5 of Gen-Z
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According to a Gallup poll, more than one in five Gen Z adults, ranging in age from 18 to 26 in 2023, identify as LGBTQ+, as do nearly one in 10 millennials.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
Gallup said the percentage of U.S. adults who consider themselves part of the LGBTQ+ community has more than doubled since the organization first asked about sexual orientation and transgender identity in 2012. She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
The current figure is up from 5.6% in 2020, and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity. Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
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