More US adults identify as LGBTQ now than at any time in the past decade, a new poll says
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According to a new Gallup poll, more than 7% of American adults identify as LGBTQ, a new high. The increase is being propelled by Gen Z adults, as 21% of them self-identified as LGBTQ, per the poll.
The percentage of adults who told Gallup they identify as LGBTQ has doubled since 2012, per the polling firm, from 3.5% of Americans then to 7.1% of Americans in 2021.
The rise can be attributed to Gen Z, according to Gallup -- about 21% of adults born between 1997 and 2003 identify as LGBTQ. Meanwhile, 10.5% of millennials, the generation that includes adults born between 1981 and 1996, identify as LGBTQ, per the poll, and the percentages dwindle among the preceding generations.
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