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LGBT acceptance had shown slow improvement in the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. The first documented gay rights organization in American, the Society for Human Rights, was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Henry Gerber, a German-American activist inspired by the progress made by Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin. [8]
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.
A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men. [108] A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute , estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. [ 109 ]
More than 5% of U.S. adults under the age of 30 identify as transgender or nonbinary, according to new findings released by Pew Research Center on Tuesday, while 1.6% of U.S. adults of all ages ...
In the United States, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have a long history, including vibrant subcultures and advocacy battles for social and religious acceptance and legal rights. The 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City are often cited as the beginning of the modern gay civil rights era.
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, [1] [2] with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. [3] [4] [5]
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. In the mid-20th century, gay men and lesbians began organizing movements to advocate for their rights. As the century went on, bisexual and transgender individuals gained visibility and the GLBT acronym was formed.
This category contains people from the United States who are known to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender . Note that living persons must self-identify as LGBT. Category:LGBT people from the United States