Study shows that the young and men of color are more likely to identify as gay

Last Thursday, “the largest single study of the distribution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population in the U.S. on record” was published by the Williams Institute at the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles.

TheGrio Staff

Oct 22, 2012

From Clutch Magazine:

The results show that 3.4% of U.S. adults identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. “[T]he highest incidence among those who are non-white, younger, and less educated. The findings are based on the largest representative sample of LGBTQ men and women ever collected. Unlike Census data, which looks only at same-sex couples, Gallup collected data based on more than 120,000 interviews of adults in the US. This is the first of several reports that will analyze data collected as part of Gallup’s daily tracking survey where respondents are asked if they personally identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.”

More key findings include:

Non-white Americans more likely to identify as LGBTQ

African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than white Americans to identify as LGBTQ. The results show that 4.6% of African-Americans identify as LGBTQ along with 4.0% of Hispanics and 4.3% of Asians. Among white Americans, the figure was 3.2%.

Younger Americans three times more likely than seniors to identify as LGBTQ

Younger Americans (age 18-29) are more than three times as likely as seniors aged 65 and older to identify as LGBTQ (6.4% v. 1.9%, respectively). Among those aged 30 to 64, LGBTQ identity declines with age — at 3.2% for 30- to 49-year-olds and 2.6% for 50- to 64-year-olds.

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