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New data estimates the greatest number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender U. Earlier this year, a poll from Gallup found a slightly higher percentage of U. Broken down by state, the report shows Washington, D. The census, the nation's most well-known population survey, does not gather data on Americans' sexuality or gender identity.

Inother, smaller surveys from the bureau began asking those questions of respondents for the first time. Every year, Gallup also releases results of a poll estimating how many Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Gallup's last report, which polled a nationally representative group of 10, respondents, found 7.

The number was highest among adult Gen Zers, or people born between andaccording to Pew Research Center. Researchers defined the South as states spanning from Texas and Oklahoma, to Florida and north through Delaware. Kentucky, West Virginia and Washington, D.

Speaking from New Orleans, which the National LGBTQ Task Force selected for its next annual conference, Renna said the South is where there's the most at stake for people's lives because it's home to the most people living under the most oppressive laws.

Percentage of LGBTQ adults in U.S. has doubled over past decade, Gallup finds

Researchers found that 5. Researchers found that in and Earlier this year, Gallup found Researchers in found that compared with gays and lesbians, bisexuals are far less likely to be out about their sexuality with people they're close to. Some public health professors who study sexuality say biphobia could be playing a role.

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