More Americans identify as LGBT than ever before. According to a Gallup Poll of 1.6 million adults, 4.1% of the country’s population now claims membership in the LGBT community, compared to just 3.5% in 2012.Virtually all of that growth is traced to millennials, who came of age in an era when much wider social awareness made it more acceptable to live openly. Young Americans are now twice as likely to identify as LGBT than adults from older generations. The increase is most pronounced among women, but large gains were also seen in minority communities, particularly within Asian and Hispanic populations. The Pacific region is now home to the highest concentration of LGBT Americans, but the Mid-Atlantic and Rocky Mountain regions have also seen significant increases. The lowest concentrations are generally found in states where laws and regulations tend to be the harshest and least protective: the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest and the South.
Okay suppose you are LGBTQ+ and you live in one of the 27 regressive states with no discrimination would you come out? I think that lower numbers in conservative or repressive states doesn't mean fewer LGBTQ+ people exist there—they just may be invisible, closeted, or less willing to engage in surveys.
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