Lgbtq stats 2024
Out on the Footpath 2024 Report
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund proudly presents you with our 5th annual Out on the Trail report, the second release during a presidential election year. 2024 is a pivotal year for our democracy, and we’ve already seen the power of hateful vitriol, misinformation and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric infecting the electoral process. Our labor is the antidote, and we are proud to spot so many Queer candidates running to serve nearly everywhere in our nation – including nearly 400 candidates for state legislatures. We know what’s at stake – our rights, freedoms and democracy itself. Out LGBTQ+ candidates for office bring critical values and perspectives to their labor in leadership. These candidates represent our nation’s future, show our nation’s diversity and show that LGBTQ+ people are vital, instrumental voices in our halls of power.
–Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
October 2024
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2024 Overview & Key Findings
At least 1,017 LGBTQ+ candidates ran for elected offices nationwide, with at least one Diverse person who ran in nearly every state as adequately as
HRC's LGBTQ+ Youth Notify
In 2022, nearly 13,000 LGBTQ+ youth, from all 50 states and Washington, DC, participated in the 2022 Youth Survey, reporting on their health, well-being, and experiences across all aspects of daily life.
The results of HRC’s 2022 Youth Survey reveal stubborn, serious challenges for Gay youth, continuing trends observed in the 2017 examine. In many cases, the cards remain stacked against LGBTQ+ youth in terms of acceptance and encourage from their families, their mental health and protection in schools.
Results released by HRC as the 2023 LGBTQ+ Youth Report, and other sub-reports delve into respondents’ well-being, experiences at home, at school, hopes for the future, and other aspects of their daily lives.
Key Findings: Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Youth
In addition, we've released the following reports using statistics from HRC's 2022 Youth Survey:
LGBTQ+ Youth and the Internet
Released November 2023
This report explores experiences related to internet use by LGBTQ+ youth. This includes both positive and negative elements of internet use, such as experiences connecting with other LGBTQ+ youth as adv as experiences with
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s latest update on LGBTQ+ identification finds 9.3% of U.S. adults naming as lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2024. This represents an raise of more than a percentage point versus the prior estimate, from 2023. Longer term, the figure has nearly doubled since 2020 and is up from 3.5% in 2012, when Gallup first measured it.
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LGBTQ+ identification is increasing as younger generations of Americans enter adulthood and are much more likely than older generations to say they are something other than heterosexual. More than one in five Gen Z adults -- those born between 1997 and 2006, who were between the ages of 18 and 27 in 2024 -- identify as LGBTQ+. Each older generation of adults, from millennials to the Silent Generation, has successively lower rates of identification, down to 1.8% among the oldest Americans, those born before 1946.
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LGBTQ+ identification rates among young people have also increased, from an average 18.8% of Gen Z adults in 2020 through 2022 to an average of 22.7% over the past two years.
Gallup has
LGBTIQ+ people: statistics
LGBTIQ+ stands for sapphic, gay, bisexual, transitioned, intersex, queer or questioning. We’ve used the term LGBTIQ+ on this page, but we realise this doesn’t cover all the ways people define their gender or sexuality. Stonewall has a glossary that lists many more terms.
Mental health problems such as depression, self-harm, alcohol and drug abuse and suicidal thoughts can influence anyone, but they’re more common among people who are LGBTIQ+.
Being LGBTIQ+ doesn’t cause these problems. But some things LGBTIQ+ people proceed through can influence their mental health, such as discrimination, homophobia or transphobia, social isolation, rejection, and difficult experiences of coming out.
It’s important to record that embracing entity LGBTIQ+ can own a positive impact on someone’s well-being too. It might mean they acquire more confidence, a sense of belonging to a people, feelings of relief and self-acceptance, and better relationships with friends and family.
What issues might LGBTIQ+ people face?
Mental health issues
Being LGBTIQ+ doesn’t automatically mean someone will have mental health issues but may mean they’re at higher peril of experiencing unfortunate mental he
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to increase, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans person, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.
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These results are based on aggregated data from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, multi-attracted , transgender or something else. Overall, 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% decline to respond.
Bisexual adults make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ population -- 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of Homosexual adults say they are bisexual. Gay and homosexual woman are the next-most-common identities, each representing slightly over 1% of U.S. adults and roughly one in six LGBTQ+ adults. Slightly less than 1% of U.S. adults and about one in eight LGBT