This statistic shows the results of a survey among adults in the United States regarding whether they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or not. The survey was conducted from January 1, 2015, through December 30, 2016 in all federal states. During the survey, 8.6 percent of respondents in the District of Columbia stated they identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016)
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Statistics on LGBTQ+ worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic LGBT+ identification worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Distribution of sexual attraction worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Sexual attraction worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic LGBT+ identification worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Gender identity worldwide 2021, by country
Legal status
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- Basic Statistic Number of countries that criminalize homosexuality 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of countries that permit same-sex marriage 2022, by continent
- Basic Statistic Number of countries that permit same-sex marriage 2022, by legal procedure
- Basic Statistic Countries where same-sex acts between adults are legal 2020, by continent
- Basic Statistic Countries where same-sex acts in private are illegal 2020, by continent
- Basic Statistic Number of countries with bans against conversion therapy 2020, by continent
Coming out and equality
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- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ equality worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Engagement in activities involving or supporting LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Coming out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual of family member or friends 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Levels of openness about being LGBTI in Europe 2019, by group
- Premium Statistic Levels of openness about being LGBTI in Europe 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Opinions on rights of same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Opinions on adoption for same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
Support
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- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ equality worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Opinions on adoption for same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Opinion on ending friendships due to sex change surgery in the Netherlands 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinion on whether there is a problem with non-binary persons in the Netherlands 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinions on who should pay for sex change operation in the Netherlands 2020
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- Share of people avoiding holding same-sex partner's hands in public in Hungary 2019
- Latin America: murders of trans & gender-diverse people 2008-2021
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Gallup. (February 6, 2017). U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257601/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-state/
Gallup. "U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016)." Chart. February 6, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257601/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-state/
Gallup. (2017). U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257601/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-state/
Gallup. "U.S. Adults: Do You, Personally, Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender? (by State, 2015-2016)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257601/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-state/
Gallup, U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257601/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-state/ (last visited March 30, 2023)
U.S. adults: Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? (by state, 2015-2016) [Graph], Gallup, February 6, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257601/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-state/