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5. Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces

We asked LGBTQ Americans some questions to better understand: Connections to a broader LGBTQ community About a quarter of LGBTQ adults (23%) say they feel extremely or very connected to a broader LGBTQ community. Another 42% feel somewhat connected, and 35% feel not too or not at all connected. Views on this vary by: How […]
reportMay 29, 2025

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.
short readsFeb 26, 2025

Most LGBTQ adults expect Trump’s policies to affect gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people negatively

LGBTQ adults overwhelmingly favor policies that protect transgender individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing and public spaces.
reportMay 29, 2025

2. Personal experiences with acceptance and discrimination

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. Some LGBTQ adults are not out to different people in their lives. Varying shares say no one in each of the following groups knows about their sexual orientation or gender […]
reportMay 20, 2025

3. Views of how much discrimination transgender people, gay and lesbian people, women and men face in the U.S.

Nearly eight-in-ten Americans (77%) say there is a lot of (48%) or some (30%) discrimination against transgender people in society. And seven-in-ten Americans say there is a lot of or some discrimination in society against people who are gay or lesbian. Read the overview of this report for Americans’ views of all 20 groups asked […]
reportMay 29, 2025

1. Social acceptance for gay, lesbian, bisexual, nonbinary and transgender people

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. A majority (61%) say there is a great deal or a fair amount of acceptance for people who […]
short readsJan 30, 2025

119th Congress’ LGBTQ members include first trans representative

One senator and 12 members of the House of Representatives identify as lesbian, gay, transgender or queer.
short readsJan 24, 2025

U.S. teens are less likely than adults to know a trans person, more likely to know someone who’s nonbinary

Fewer than four-in-ten teens (36%) say they know someone who’s transgender, and 28% know someone who’s nonbinary.
reportFeb 26, 2025

16. Religion and views on LGBTQ issues and abortion

Read more about how U.S. religious groups see abortion and same-sex marriage, as well as society’s acceptance of homosexuality and transgender people. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
reportMay 29, 2025

Methodology

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview 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 […]

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