1 in 5 generation Z adults in America now identify as LGBTQIA+ according to a new Gallup poll.
However, the rise is almost entirely accounted for by more people identifying as transgender and bisexual, not gay or lesbian.
“The Gallup poll found nearly 21 percent of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, which is nearly double the number of millennials who do, which is 10.5 percent. Nearly one in six Gen Z LGBTQ adults identify as bisexual,” the Daily Mail reports.
According to the poll, 7.1% of the overall US population now identify as LGBTQ, compared to 5.6% just one year ago. In 2012, this figure was just 3.5%.
According to the report, women are more likely to identify as bisexual, and men are more likely to identify as gay.
According to a 2015 Gallup study, Americans significantly overestimate the LGBT population of the country.
In the year of the study, only 3.8% of the adult population identified as LGBTQ, but Americans polled believed that figure was 23%.
In Ireland, schools have been participating in no-uniform days which encourage students to don “non-binary” and “genderfluid” pride colours.
For no uniform day, a secondary school in Meath has encouraged students to wear “pride” colours representing bisexual, transgender, non-binary, demisexual, & genderfluid identities, which some parents felt was "over-the-top."#gripthttps://t.co/SrKwB4S357
— gript (@griptmedia) November 29, 2021