February 22, 2026

9% of American adults define themselves as other than heterosexual

Newsweek - An estimated 9 percent of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual, according to Gallup’s latest national polling. The figure, based on interviews conducted throughout 2025, is essentially unchanged from the previous year but remains more than double the share recorded when Gallup first began tracking LGBTQ+ identification in 2012.

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