LGBTQ+ rights are under assault in the U.S., with the Trump administration signing multiple executive orders limiting the civil liberties of members of that group. However, despite the attempt to curtail the community’s involvement in sports, the military and limiting their access to gender affirming care, more people identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00LGBTQ plus rights are under assault in the US, with the Trump administration signing multiple
00:05executive orders limiting the civil liberties of members of that group. However, despite the
00:10attempts to curtail the community's involvement in sports, the military, and limiting their access
00:14to gender-affirming care, more people identify as LGBTQ than ever before. According to a recent
00:20Gallup poll, some 9.3% of all American citizens identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
00:27or non-heterosexual. That's up nearly 2% over last year, with the figure roughly doubling in
00:33just half a decade. What's more, since Gallup first began tracking the metric, that number
00:37has skyrocketed. In 2012, just 3.5% of people identified as part of that community. When the
00:43numbers are broken down generationally, the influx of LGBTQ plus people in the US is even higher.
00:48The poll found that while only 3% of boomers and 14.2% of millennials identify as lesbian,
00:54gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual, 23.1% of Gen Z identify as
01:01such. The majority of LGBTQ respondents identified as bisexual, making up 56.3% of the community.
01:08The survey includes the responses of some 14,000 individuals polled over telephone over the course
01:14of 2024.