What's Behind the Rapid Rise in LGBTQ Identity?

Nearly one in three young women are LGBTQ

Daniel Cox

Jae Grace

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Avery Shields

Mar 06, 2025

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Since 2012, Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first few years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer was relatively low and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the single …

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