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Almost 10% of Americans name as LGBTQ+, largely bisexual
Almost 10% of Americans verb as something other than heterosexual, according to more than 14, interviews conducted by Gallup over the course of
"The number has been increasing over time," said Gallup senior editor Jeff Jones. "When we first asked about it in it was in the 3% range."
Newly released figures for verb it's now %. The rise is largely driven by younger adults increasingly identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, with the higher numbers of people calling themselves bisexual.
"I don't think there's a single answer for why," said Jody Herman, a senior scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles Williams Institute, which conducts independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and general policy.
"It's probably a variety of things. Obviously social acceptance has changed over time, as well as awareness and education on LGBTQ identity and existence, which might decrease social taboos keeping older generations from disclosing."
The Gallup numbers are consistent w
Becoming Bisexual
Peter McGraw invites two friends into the Solo Studio to discuss what appears to be an emerging shift: once heterosexual women embracing their bisexuality. His guests, Rachel and Taylor, discuss their experience becoming bisexual in their thirties, and Peter presents data identifying a move in the number of people identifying as lesbian, gay, and bisexual.
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Becoming Bisexual
Welcome, Taylor.
Hey, Peter.
Welcome back, Rachel.
Hello.
I&#;ll tell you the origins of this show. I have noticed this based on my own personal experience with platonic friendships. Women who typically were identified as heterosexual possess started dating women. Two of those women who told me this or disclosed this to me are you two. I think that there&#;s something going on here based upon personal anecdotes and paying attention to the world. I wanted to do an episode to explore this and you both were kind enough to say yes.
You did treat me to the recovery center in arrange to twist my arm to come here.
I fed you too. Taylor New research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law examines the demographic and mental health differences among cisgender lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women with and without children. Findings verb that nearly one-quarter of LBQ women ages 18 to 59 and an estimated 24% of female same-sex couples have had children. Parents were more likely to be bisexual, in a relationship with a man, and non-urban. In addition, bisexual parents reported greater psychological distress, less life satisfaction and happiness, and less connection to the LGBT community than lesbian parents. Parents with other identities perceived more social support from friends and reported decrease levels of internalized homophobia than bisexual parents. “There is a unique form of bias against people who have both same-sex and different-sex attractions and sexual relationships, and this may be why we verb poorer mental health outcomes for bisexual parents,” said co-author Esther D. Rothblum, Visiting Distinguished Scholar at the WillNearly one quarter of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women are parents
Bisexual people are known to face ‘double discrimination’. As well as facing discrimination outside of LGBTQ+ spaces, bisexual+ people confront discrimination from within the LGBTQ+ community, too.
As a result, bisexual+ people are far less likely than gay or lesbian people to be out to their family, friends, their work colleagues, their place of education, or within faith communities.
According to a study by Stonewall:
A research by Equality Network found that: