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In 2024, Gallup found that 7.6% of U.S. adults identified as LGBTQ or another sexual orientation besides heterosexual. Broken down by age group, this shows up at 22.3% among Gen Zers (born 1997-2012), 9.8% among Millennials (born 1981-1996), 4.5% among Generation Xers (born 1965-1980), 2.3% among Baby boomers (born 1946-1964), and 1.1% for members of the Silent Generation (born 1945 or earlier).
This is a list of gay villages, areas with generally recognized boundaries that unofficially form a social center for LGBT people. [1] They tend to contain a number of gay lodgings, B&Bs, bars, clubs and pubs, restaurants, cafés, and other similar businesses. Some may be gay getaways, such as Provincetown or Guerneville.
A February 2021 Gallup poll reported that 5.6% of US adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. 86.7% said that they were heterosexual or straight, and 7.6% refused to answer. More than half of all LGBT adults identify as bisexual (54.6%), while around a quarter (24.5%) identify as gay, 11.7% as lesbian, and 11.3% as transgender.
Such people (including gay people of color, low-income/working-class gays, and "undesirable" groups such as gay prostitutes and leathermen) are usually forced out of the "village" due to rising rents or constant harassment at the hands of an increased policing presence. Especially in San Francisco's Polk Gulch neighborhood (the first "gay ...
Family law and juvenile law - Article 11. Family law: Marriage - Chapter 1. Who may marry; Section 31-11-1-1. Same sex marriages prohibited (a) Only a female may marry a male. Only a male may marry a female. (b) A marriage between persons of the same gender is void in Indiana even if the marriage is lawful in the place where it is solemnized.
Then, in the summer of 2021, he was a counselor at a queer leadership camp for 12- to 18-year-olds outside Los Angeles, and he said being surrounded by 100 LGBTQ people for 11 days was “euphoric.”
While the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people remain among the most advanced in the world, the rights of transgender and intersex people have been significantly eroded since the beginning of the second Trump presidency, [1] [2] with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. [3] [4] [5]
Not all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender consider themselves part of the LGBTQ community. Groups that may be considered part of the LGBTQ community include gay villages , LGBTQ rights organizations , LGBTQ employee groups at companies, LGBTQ student groups in schools and universities , and LGBT-affirming religious groups .