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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://wandering.shop/users/kagan/statuses/113144084973289799">Kagan MacTane (kagan@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 22:31:21 JST</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/@kagan" title="kagan@wandering.shop"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/82149-48-20231106212055.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Kagan MacTane" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Kagan MacTane</a><div><a href="https://wandering.shop/@kagan/113144084047832417" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>In recent surveys, we find roughly 3% of the population identifying as gay or lesbian, and about 5% as bisexual. (<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States#2023" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States#2023</a>) The numbers have been climbing steadily for a long time, but bisexuals have been a similarly large proportion (roughly 55-65% of the LGBTQ community) for the whole time. 2/4</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3677300#notice-7205317">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-09-16T22:31:21+09:00" title="Monday, 16-Sep-2024 22:31:21 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@kagan/113144084973289799" rel="external" title="Sent from wandering.shop via ActivityPub">wandering.shop</a></span></span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@kagan/113144084973289799">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.pewresearch.org</div><h5><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/">5 key findings about LGBTQ Americans</a></h5><div> from <span>Beshay</span></div></header><div>As the United States celebrates Pride month, here are five key findings about LGBTQ+ Americans.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States#2023">LGBT demographics of the United States</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2022 Gallup poll concluded that 7.1% of adult Americans identified as LGBT. A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. As of 2022, estimates for the total percentage of U.S. adults that are transgender or nonbinary range from 0.5% to 1.6%. Additionally, a Pew Research survey from 2022 found that approximately 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth.
Studies from several nations, including the U.S., conducted at varying time periods, have produced a statistical range of 1.2 to 6.8 percent of the adult population identifying as LGBT. Online surveys tend to yield higher figures than other methods, a likely result of the higher degree of anonymity of Internet surveys, and demographic of those utilizing online platforms which elicit reduced levels of socially desirable responding. As of 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau did not ask singles about sexual orientation in the United States Census...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Kagan MacTane (kagan@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 22:31:21 JST Kagan MacTane
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In recent surveys, we find roughly 3% of the population identifying as gay or lesbian, and about 5% as bisexual. (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States#2023) The numbers have been climbing steadily for a long time, but bisexuals have been a similarly large proportion (roughly 55-65% of the LGBTQ community) for the whole time. 2/4
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  As the United States celebrates Pride month, here are five key findings about LGBTQ+ Americans.
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  LGBT demographics of the United States
  The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2022 Gallup poll concluded that 7.1% of adult Americans identified as LGBT. A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. As of 2022, estimates for the total percentage of U.S. adults that are transgender or nonbinary range from 0.5% to 1.6%. Additionally, a Pew Research survey from 2022 found that approximately 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth. Studies from several nations, including the U.S., conducted at varying time periods, have produced a statistical range of 1.2 to 6.8 percent of the adult population identifying as LGBT. Online surveys tend to yield higher figures than other methods, a likely result of the higher degree of anonymity of Internet surveys, and demographic of those utilizing online platforms which elicit reduced levels of socially desirable responding. As of 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau did not ask singles about sexual orientation in the United States Census...

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