• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Wow, not from the US but I can’t imagine every 3rd person I meet my age being queer… Here across the pond it’s like every 10th

    • lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      9 months ago

      Bisexuality is important here.

      Half of all queers are bisexual according to that last survey.

      I think, this is what really pushed the numbers upwards during the last decades.

      So, that young LGBT person on the other side of the road could live in a heterosexual relationship, but being attracted to both genders.

    • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      It’s only 30% if you are around people who are from Gen Z exclusively. The overall percentage is lower.

      “In its most recent poll, released in February of last year, Gallup found 7.2% of adults in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ, including nearly 20% of those in Gen Z, which that survey defined as those ages 19 to 26.”

      The point is to show that newer generations, especially Gen Z, are identifying as LGBTQ+ at a higher rate than previous generations. That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me if the numbers are lower for past generations because there are more dead and closeted LGBTQ+ people in those generations.