{"id":32142,"date":"2022-09-10T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-many-americans-actually-identify-as-lgbt-fewer-than-you-think\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:58:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:58:00","slug":"how-many-americans-actually-identify-as-lgbt-fewer-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-many-americans-actually-identify-as-lgbt-fewer-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Americans Actually Identify as LGBT? Fewer Than You Think."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Peter Hershey on Unsplash<\/div>\n

By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

Americans vastly over-estimate the number of their fellow citizens who identify as something other than heterosexual.<\/p>\n

Only 1.7% of Americans say they are gay, lesbian or homosexual, statistically unchanged in the last decade, according to the latest General Social Survey.<\/p>\n

The percentage of those who identify as bisexual, however, has increased slowly but steadily since 2008, from 1.1 to 3.3%.<\/p>\n

This means 5% of Americans say they are gay, lesbian, homosexual, or bisexual.<\/p>\n

A recent Gallup survey found the average American believes 23% of the population identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.<\/p>\n

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That survey also found the percentage who identify as non-heterosexual to be in the low single digits (4.1%).<\/p>\n

While younger Americans are more likely to say they are something other than heterosexual, the numbers are still small, according to GSS.<\/p>\n

Less than 3% say they are gay, lesbian, or homosexual, a number that has remained relatively steady in the past decade.<\/p>\n

However, more 18-34-year-olds are identifing as bisexual. In 2008, 2.6% classified themselves in that way. By 2018, it had consistently climbed to 7.3%.<\/p>\n

\u201cSexual fluidity\u201d is one of the traits of Generation Z that make them different from previous generations.<\/p>\n

Still 9 in 10 Americans among all age groups say they are heterosexual or straight, including 89.7% of young adults.<\/p>\n

Regardless of their own personal identification, younger Americans are more likely to see same-sex actions and relationships as morally acceptable.<\/p>\n

Seven in 10 young adults (70.1%) say there is nothing wrong at all with same-sex adults having sexual relations\u2014up from 16.4% in 1988.<\/p>\n

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Similarly, 55.3% of young adults say homosexual couples should have the right to marry, jumping more than 50 percentage points in 30 years.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Earls<\/h2>\n

@WardrobeDoor<\/p>\n

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Aaron is a writer for LifewayResearch.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n