Generation Z and LGBT

Half of Generation Z, one of the most populous generations, is LGBTQ+. PRRI discovered that up to 28% of Gen Z said they belonged to the LGBT community, significantly more than the 16% of Millennials (those born from 1980 to 1996) and 7% of previous generations. Among Generation Z adults between the ages of 18 and 25, 72% identified as heterosexual, 15% as bisexual, 5% as gay or lesbian, and 8% as "other".

United States
An increase in those identifying as LGBT has been seen since the 2000's, with the 12 - 20 age group being the most crowded. While there has been an increase of LGBT individuals in many states, California has become the most LGBT state in America.

Opinions on LGBT

In Trump's administration, President Donald Trump has no clear opinion on the LGBT community, but Vice President Mike Pence has a long record of anti-LGBT lawmaking and rhetoric. Transgender people specifically, including those in Gen Z, have been a target of the Trump administration.

According to the annual Accelerating Acceptance report, from 2017 to 2018 the number of Americans aged 18 to 34 who were comfortable interacting with LGBT people fell from 53% to 45%. This is down from 63% in 2016.

Gen Z has also expressed certain concerns about the LGBT community and its survival.

Polling and discover A poll in 2021 showed that nearly 1 in 6 Gen Z respondents (or 15.9%) said they are queer or transgender. A smaller yet still significant number of millennials also identified as LGBT. 1 in 10 people born between 1981 and 1997 (or 9.1%) said they are queer or trans, with a high percentage (8.1%) declining to answer. Comparing with 2020, when 3.5% of Americans said they were LGBT. That rise represents a 60% increase in identification in less than a decade.

The amount of Gen Z who identify as LGBT has increased from 10.5% in 2017 to 20.8% in 2021.

In June 2023 during Pride Month, 18% of Gen Z identified as LGBT.

A survey from 2012-2023 showed that Gen Z makes up 20% of the LGBT community compared to 9.8% of Millennials.

Recently in 2024, research from PRRI found that Generation Z adults between the ages of 18 and 25, 72% identified as heterosexual, 15% as bisexual, 5% as gay or lesbian, and 8% as "other".

United Kingdom
Considering as one of the most LGBTQ+ in Europe, Gen Z in the United Kingdom mostly is/was became the LGBT community. Liverpool became the most LGBT community people ever.

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In 2021, 6.9% of those aged 16–24 identified as LGBT. In another poll, more females aged 16–24 identified as LGBT than males with over 9% of females identifying as lesbian compared to 3.5% of males.

With 2022 as the most Gen Z who identified as LGBT, 3% of Generation Z were found to identify as lesbian – compared to less than 1% of Baby Boomers and Generation X (43-56).

In 2023, 1 in 10 young women in the UK identify as lesbian. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), almost 1 in 10 of all 16 to 24-year-olds are estimated to identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB).

European Union
With two strongest European Union LGBT community countries, Portugal and Denmark, LGBT became the most-crowded in the E.U. Which means it can be affect to Gen Z.

Public discrimination of the LGBT

Analysis by the European Fundamental Rights Agency (EFRA) on the rights of LGBT people, a third of young LGBT people today say they have been physically or sexually assaulted; one in 10 young LGBT people say they have experienced housing difficulties or homelessness, and the figure is even higher for trans people, at 17%.11% of young LGBT people aged 18 to 24 say they are ‘very open’ about being LGBT. These figures concern the whole of the European Union.

Laurentiu, a 23 years old from a small village in the north of Romania, told RTBF that he became aware of his homosexuality at the age of 6. A singer of traditional Romanian music, did not support him afterwards. At the age of 11, he was sent back to an orphanage where he was mistreated before deciding to flee to France. He now lives in Brussels. A 2019 poll researched how many people believed that "that there is nothing wrong in a sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex". The five leading countries included:


 * Sweden: 95%
 * Denmark: 90%
 * Spain: 89%
 * Luxembourg: 88%
 * Germany: 86%

The average are about 72%.

Criticism and discrimination
Many people have criticized due to allegedly encouraging removal their own gender. Especially in Gen Z, there are many discrimination, swatting, doxxing in the United States, with LGBT victims mostly being killed by the police. In the United Kingdom there has been noticeable discrimination against LGBT people, including those who are Gen Z:


 * 21% LGBT people have experienced a hate crime or incident due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity in the last 12 months.
 * 81% who experienced a hate crime or incident didn't report it to the police.
 * 10% have experienced homophobic, biphobic or transphobic abuse online directed towards them personally in the last month. This number increases to one in four for trans people, 26% directly experiencing transphobic abuse online in the last month.
 * 17% who visited a café, restaurant, bar or nightclub in the last 12 months have been discriminated against based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
 * 10% who attended a live sporting event in the last year experienced discrimination because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

StoneWall reported.