One in 4 Gen Zers in the US Identify as LGBTQ

More than one in four (28%) Americans between the ages of 18 and 25, known as Generation Z, identified as LGBTQ in a survey published earlier this week by the Public Religion Research Institute. 

 

The figure was the largest percentage recorded for any generation by the pollsters, which conducted their research during August and September on a sample of over 6,600 people. 

 

Nearly half of the non-heterosexual Gen Zers said they were bisexual, amounting to 15% of all Gen Z adults. Gays and lesbians (5% of total) were outnumbered by “other” (8%). 

 

Generation Z were far more likely to identify as something other than straight than previous generations! 

Researchers also found that Gen Z adults were more ethnically and racially diverse than older generations and less likely to affiliate with established religions. 

 

While the PRRI’s numbers echoed previous surveys showing Generation Z were the most LGBT and liberal group to come of age in the US yet, the percentage who identified as something other than heterosexual was significantly higher in this week’s findings than in a similar poll by Gallup last year, which found 19.7% of Gen Z adults aged 18 to 26 self-identified as LGBTQ, compared to 7.2% of the general population.

 

My post "Texas Governor Declares Texas Law Supercedes US Federal Authority" published yesterday refers.

 

A total of 25 state governors have now backed Texas in an intensifying standoff with their federal government over illegal immigration. There's no denying it is a damn serious issue because in December alone, a record 300,000-plus people had crossed the border from Mexico into the United States.

 

It’s no coincidence that the surge in border traffic has been accompanied by increases in child trafficking and drug trafficking. Fentanyl transported across the border by drug cartels is killing thousands of Americans every month. More than 112,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between May 2022 and May 2023, primarily from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. At the same time, there has been a 56-fold increase in the number of Border Patrol encounters with people who had been flagged on the US terrorist watch list. 

 

I suppose this is why many Americans don't refer to it as a migrant crisis, but rather label it as an "invasion".