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LGBTQ Americans: Acceptance, Identity and Community

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

About this projectPew Research Center conducted this study to understand the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults in the United States 10 years after the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The survey explores how LGBTQ adults see the impact of Obergefell, how they view social acceptance for LGBTQ adults more broadly, and their personal experiences.
1. Social acceptance for gay, lesbian, bisexual, nonbinary and transgender people

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

When it comes to how much social acceptance there is for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, nonbinary or transgender in the U.S. today, LGBTQ adults see the most acceptance for those who are gay or lesbian. How we defined LGBTQ groups for analysisThroughout this report, references to gay, lesbian and bisexual adults exclude those who are transgender.
Methodology

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

Data in this report comes from Wave 160 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted Jan. 8-19, 2025, among a sample of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) U.S. adults. A total of 3,959 eligible, LGBTQ adults responded out of 8,951 who were sampled, for a survey-level response rate of 62% (AAPOR RR3).
5. Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

We asked LGBTQ Americans some questions to better understand:How connected they feel to a broader LGBTQ communityHow much they feel they have in common with people who are gay or lesbian, bisexual, transgender or straightHow many of their friends are LGBTQWhat LGBTQ people think of where they liveHow we defined LGBTQ groups for analysisThroughout this report, references to gay, lesbian and bisexual adults exclude those who are transgender.
2. Personal experiences with acceptance and discrimination

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

We asked LGBTQ adults whether they feel accepted by their family, friends and co-workers, and about their experiences with discrimination based on their LGBTQ identity. How we defined LGBTQ groups for analysisThroughout this report, references to gay, lesbian and bisexual adults exclude those who are transgender. Transgender adults are of any sexual orientation (28% of trans adults we surveyed identify as gay or lesbian, 53% are bisexual, and 8% are straight).
Acknowledgments

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

The Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report was made possible with support from the Trusts and from the People & Voices Initiative. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/topic/gender-lgbtq.
3. Experiences with coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

To better understand the coming out experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults, we asked them:How old they were when they first felt they might be gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans, even if they didn’t use those words to describe themselves at the time. How old they were when they first told someone that they were or might be gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans.
Identities: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer

1 month ago | pewresearch.org | Rachel Minkin |Juliana Menasce Horowitz |Luona Lin |Dana Braga

To better understand how LGBTQ adults identify, we asked respondents three separate questions:If they are gay or lesbian, bisexual, straight or something elseIf they are transgenderIf they think of themselves as queerWhen it comes to sexual orientation, more than half of LGBTQ adults (55%) describe themselves as bisexual. Four-in-ten are gay or lesbian, while small shares are straight (1%) or something else (3%). About one-in-ten LGBTQ adults (9%) are transgender.
Blue-collar workers are less satisfied at work, less attached to their jobs than other U.S. workers

2 months ago | pewresearch.org | Drew DeSilver |Luona Lin

Blue-collar workers have been at or near the center of much public discussion in recent years, from their political leanings to their wages and cultural impact. A recent Pew Research Center survey finds that these workers – who, by our definition, make up about 27% of the U.S. workforce – stand out from other employed Americans in several ways when it comes to how they see their jobs. Blue-collar workers are markedly less satisfied with their jobs than other workers.