The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today
How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view Obergefell’s impact on social acceptance for LGBTQ people, 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view Obergefell’s impact on social acceptance for LGBTQ people, 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
A narrow majority of U.S. adults (53%) say there are too few women in high political offices in the United States today. Some 37% say there are about the right number of women and 8% say there are too many women elected to higher offices. The share saying there are too few women in high […]
We were also interested in learning how the public feels about same-gender organized social groups or places where men can gather with other men and women with other women. Majorities of U.S. adults say these groups have a positive impact on the well-being of men and women, respectively. Still, more say all-female groups have a […]
We explore how the public and experts anticipate potential positive and negative impacts of AI across key areas of life and society in the coming decades.
Parents are more worried than teens about teen mental health. Both groups – especially parents – partly blame social media. But teens also see benefits.
In our 36-country survey, we asked respondents how large a problem various types of inequality are in their nation, including the gap between the rich and the poor, unequal rights for men and women, discrimination based on a person’s race or ethnicity, and discrimination based on a person’s religion. Here are some key takeaways: The […]
Roughly one-in-five U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about three-in-ten who do so daily.
Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.
To better understand how LGBTQ adults identify, we asked respondents three separate questions: When 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. This includes 4% […]
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