New Poll Claims 1 In 6 “Generation Z” Adults Identify As Something Other Than Heterosexual

A new Gallup poll released today has determined that LGBT identification in the United States has increased over time.

According to CBS News, the poll’s results show that one in six adults in Generation Z (people born between 1997 and 2002) identify themselves as something other than heterosexual.

Nearly 16% of Generation Z adults surveyed who were between 18 and 23 in 2020 identify themselves as LGBT. Of those people who identify as LGBT, about 72% of them say they are bisexual.

If the data is to be believed, it means that about 11.5% of all Generation Z adults in the U.S. are bisexual.

The poll also revealed that among Millennials, 9.1% identify as LGBT. This group consists of individuals born between 1981 and 1996, with almost half of the millennials who identify as LGBTQ considering themselves bisexual.

In older groups like Generation X (those born between 1965-1980), Baby Boomers (those born between 1946-1964), and Traditionalists (those born before 1946) – the number of people who identify as LGBTQ vastly decreases, with 2% or less of Americans born before 1965 identifying themselves as LGBT.

It is important to note that Gallup only asked respondents if they identified as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender), which does not encompass any of the other identities within the LGBT community. Gallup did explain that 3.3% of respondents did not say they identified as LGBT but did identify with other non-heterosexual terms, such as queer or same-gender-loving.

The poll, which was based on 15,000 interviews taken last year among Americans 18 years and older, found that 5.6% of adults in the United States identify as LGBT.