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People in the US identifying as LGBT
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This is a poor graph. There are nearly 30 Gen Z LGBT people in America?
Is that 30 million? 30%? 30 people asked?
Sorry, yeah, it's percentage.
Percentage seems reasonable
Percentage seems way too high. Million seems more fitting.
Nearly 30% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, national survey finds
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
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.
It's only 30% if you are around people who are from Gen Z exclusively. The overall percentage is lower.
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.
It's almost definitely percentage
When I first heard the statistic it was "under 1%" then it changed to just 1%, then at some point it got bumped to 3%, 5, 10, and honestly I just stopped listening at some point.
I'd love to know what the true percentages are, not the "society doesn't accept me so I will hide for the rest of my life and have a family like I'm supposed to" percentages we have. I actually knew a couple who lived in separate rooms because when they got married, it was so people would stop questioning them. They're both gay, but neither ever had a long term partner while "married" because their family would find out. That is just heartbreaking. I don't doubt their love for each other, but it wasn't a romantic love, and though they made the best with what they had, they deserved better.
It's incredible, it's so painful to even just imagine having to live like that. Let alone actually do it.
I saw a good portrayal of that kind of marriage in For all mankind.
Wasn’t it 5% gay men? There are probably way more bi people