What percent of the earth is gay

Nearly 1 in 10 adults across 30 countries identify as LGBTQ, according to a new global surveybut that number tells only part of the story. Age and geographic location played a central role in the findings, with younger respondents and those in more progressive countries significantly more likely to be included in that top-line number.

Demographics, including gender, also figured noticeably in respondents' views on issues like transgender discrimination and same-sex marriage. Survey respondents in Generation Z born after were two times as likely as millennials born in to to identify as bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual or asexual, and four times as likely as those in Generation X to or baby boomers to In terms of gender identity, 0.

Like sexual identity, there are large — and growing — generation gaps. Gender diversity was most visible in Thailand, New Zealand, the U. Younger people and women were more likely than men and older respondents to know someone who is LGBTQ, and younger people in particular were much more likely to know someone who is transgender, the report found.

Thailand and Chile were among the countries most in favor of pro-transgender measures, while the U. In the other 10, a majority support some form of recognition, with the exception of Turkey. Of the 23 countries surveyed both this year and inthe report found that nine showed a decline of 4 percentage points or more in the support of same-sex marriage, including the U.

Only two countries surveyed both years showed an increase of 4 percentage points or more: France and Peru. Similar patterns were also found regarding adoption by same-sex couples. Women and younger respondents were more likely to support same-sex marriage and adoption than men and older respondents.

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