LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to inch up, with 7.6% of all U.S. adults, and more than one in five Gen Z adults, identifying this way.
  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    331·
    6 months ago

    Not even 8% and the conservatives lose their god damn mind over anything rainbow. I’m sure the actual number of LGBTQ+ people is higher. Its just still too dangerous coming out. As long as everyone I’d a consenting adult it shouldn’t matter who you love.

    • Mongostein
      25·
      6 months ago

      No doubt. I’m glad these numbers are rising.

      The same thing happened when we stopped beating kids for being left handed.

      There is no “gay agenda,” just more and more of your countrymen feeling the same freedom to exist that conservatives claim to hold so dear.

      -signed some straight dude

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I have it on good authority that there is a Gay Agenda. It’s always just been a Trapper Keeper. They are so organized, after all…

        • Mongostein
          3·
          6 months ago

          lol, all the gay people I know are super unorganized (I say with love.)

          The percentage of gay people organized enough to subjugate a population is so small that you’d end up with a commune at worst. There’s much more to worry about from the Catholic Church. You know, those guys with a history of that kind of stuff.

  • djsoren19@yiffit.net
    16·
    6 months ago

    Sorry this can’t be right, 1 in 5 of Gen Z adults? That’s an incredible increase, more than double the average across all generations. Could we actually one day reach 20% LGBTQ identification?

    Coming from a world where I stayed in the closet for years because I was terrified about violent repercussions, the number just sounds completely unreal to me.

    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
      11·
      6 months ago

      It sounds like the biggest growth is in bisexual identification, up to 30% of Gen Z women.

      My uneducated guess is that older adults with bisexual tendencies had the option of just convincing themselves they were straight, while gay older adults didn’t really have that option.