US Adult LGBTQ Population Estimated To Be Over 20M

Changing America reports:

At least 20 million adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a new analysis of government data, representing nearly 8 percent of the nation’s total adult population. Millions more may identify as something “more expansive” like pansexual or asexual, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation said in a recent report.

Using data from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, an experimental household probability survey released in bi-weekly phases during the pandemic, the HRC report estimates the U.S. adult LGBTQ+ population is nearly two times larger than it had been believed to be.

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We are everywhere, in every community.@HRC Foundation’s “We Are Here” report analyzes the results from a @uscensusbureau survey which suggests that over 20 million adults in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, or 8% of the total adult population. Learn more: https://t.co/neeOZFzjyF

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) December 9, 2021