The number of young gay and bisexual adults has doubled in four years in UK
Office for National Statistics says that the number of young people (aged 16-24) who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual has almost doubled in just four years.
It’s risen from 4.1% in 2016 to 8% in 2020.The figures come from an analysis of the country’s large-scale Annual Population Survey, which surveys around 320,000 households annually.Breaking down that 8% figure, 2.7% of 16-24 year-olds identified as gay or lesbian, and 5.3% as bisexual.Looking more broadly at all age groups, the proportion of all adults identifying as LGB stood at 3.1% in 2020.
This is an increase from 2.7% in 2019 and nearly double the 1.6% in 2014 when the UK’s official estimates began.Clearly, more and more people feel able to be their true selves – especially younger generations.Related: Kit Connor is “perfectly confident” with his sexuality and he’s not here for anyone’s assumptionsThe number of adults identifying as heterosexual was 93.7% (a fall from 95.3% in 2014).As a region, London had a higher number of people identifying as LGB than anywhere else in the country.The survey did not ask about trans and non-binary identities.The figures echo a trend seen elsewhere.
