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Exploring the Q in LGBTQ

Demographic characteristic and sexuality of queer people in a U.S. representative sample of sexual minorities

November 2019

This study is the first to examine the demographic characteristics and sexuality of queer-identified people in the U.S., compared to LGB and other sexual minorities, using a nationally representative sample. It was published in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in November 2019.

AUTHORS

Shoshana K. Goldberg
Research Consultant, Former
Esther D. Rothblum
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Stephen T. Russell
Professor, University of Texas, Austin
Ilan H. Meyer
Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy

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Highlights

Sexual minorities are increasingly using a growing number of identity labels that were largely unavailable to older generations of sexual minorities.

Queer people are overwhelmingly cisgender women and genderqueer/nonbinary (GQNB), younger, and more highly educated than other groups.

Queer individuals are more likely to report attraction to, and sexual relationships with, transgender and GQNB people than other sexual minorities.

Data Points

6%

of sexual minorities identify as queer

47%

identify as lesbian/gay

83%

of queer individuals were assigned female at birth

76%

are age 18-25

85%

of queer cisgender women report attraction to both men and women

47%

of queer cisgender men report attraction to both men and women

34%

of queer people identify as genderqueer/nonbinary

27%

were assigned female at birth

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Exploring the Q in LGBTQ