(DC Pundit) – The latest Gallup poll is raising some serious questions about the direction of our society. According to the survey, LGBTQ+ identification in the United States has spiked to a staggering 9.3 percent – a near-doubling since 2020 and a far cry from the mere 3.5 percent reported in 2012. This surge, it seems, is being driven primarily by the younger generation, particularly Gen Z adults.
“In the 12 years that Gallup has been tracking LGBTQ+ identification, it has nearly tripled, as those becoming adults during that period have been far more likely than their elders to say they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender,” wrote Gallup senior editor Jeffrey M. Jones. In other words, the kids aren’t alright, at least in terms of adhering to traditional notions of sexuality.
Call me old-fashioned, but I’m starting to think that something is going on here. I’m not saying that people shouldn’t be free to live their lives as they choose, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that this sudden increase in LGBTQ+ identification coincides with the relentless promotion of radical gender ideology in our schools, media, and popular culture.
The survey reveals that nearly a quarter (23.1 percent) of Gen Z adults, those born between 1997 and 2006, identify as LGBTQ+. That’s almost one in four young adults! “The recent increase is largely due to more adults in their late teens, 20s and 30s — particularly young women — saying they are bisexual,” Jones added. Are these genuine expressions of identity, or are young people being pressured to conform to a new set of social expectations?
23.1% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup’s latest update — significantly higher than the rate of millennials (14.2%) and other older generations. pic.twitter.com/DkKC6yzI3o
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“Each older generation of adults, from millennials to the Silent Generation, has successively lower rates of identification, down to 1.8% among the oldest Americans, those born before 1946,” Jones’ analysis detailed. It seems the further back you go, the more resistant people are to embracing these labels. Coincidence? I think not.
Among Millennials, those born between 1982 and 1996, 14.2 percent say they are LGBTQ+. Among Gen X, 5.1 percent say the same, followed by 3 percent of Baby Boomers. The generational divide is striking, and it begs the question: what’s changed?
According to the survey, Gen Z has a higher LGBTQ+ identification than other generations because “they are much more likely to consider themselves bisexual than are older people.” Nearly 6 in 10 (59 percent) of Gen Z adults who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are bisexual, as do 52 percent of LGBTQ+ Millennials. The share drops to 44 percent among LGBTQ+ Gen Xers, and accounts for less than 20 percent of LGBTQ+ Baby Boomers, and 11 percent of LGBTQ+ Silent Generation adults. It almost seems like being “bisexual” is becoming the new normal, a trendy label that allows young people to express their individuality and signal their allegiance to progressive values.
Among overall U.S. adults, 1.4 percent say they are lesbian, 2 percent say they are gay, 5.2 percent say they are bisexual, and 1.3 percent say they are transgender.
Among adults who identify as LGBTQ+, a whopping 56.3 percent say they are bisexual, 14.6 percent say they are lesbian, 21.1 percent say they are gay, and 13.9 percent say they are transgender. Nearly 4 percent of LGBTQ+ respondents say they are “other,” while 1 percent identify as pansexual and 1.2 percent say they are asexual. It’s a veritable alphabet soup of identities, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of them all.
Gallup additionally found that LGBTQ+ identification differs by sex, political orientation, and urbanicity. “Whether due to political sorting or something else,” Democrats (14 percent) and independents (11 percent) are more likely than Republicans (3 percent) to identify as LGBTQ+, Jones wrote.
By ideologies, the difference is even more stark, with 21 percent of liberals saying they are LGBTQ+ compared to 8 percent of moderates and 3 percent of conservatives. This confirms what many conservatives have long suspected: that LGBTQ+ identity is often intertwined with a broader political agenda.
By sex, 10 percent of women versus 6 percent of men identify as LGBTQ+, a difference mostly caused by women being more likely than men to identify as bisexual, the survey found. The gap between the sexes is much more pronounced among Gen Z and Millennials: 31 percent of Gen Z women versus 12 percent of Gen Z men identify as LGBTQ+, as do 18 percent of Millennial women and 9 percent of Millennial men. Most of those women say they are bisexual, according to the poll report. Are young women simply more open to exploring their sexuality, or are they being influenced by social pressure to conform to a certain ideal?
Gallup found that people living in cities are more likely to identify as LGBTQ+ (11 percent) compared to people in the suburbs (10 percent) and rural areas (7 percent). It appears the closer you are to a progressive utopia, the more likely you are to embrace a non-traditional sexual identity.
Jones assesses that the rates of LGBTQ+ identification are “likely to continue to grow, given the generational shifts underway.” It seems the cultural revolution is here to stay, and it’s transforming our society in profound ways.
Are we witnessing a genuine shift in human sexuality, or are we simply seeing the result of relentless social engineering? Are we becoming more tolerant and inclusive, or sacrificing traditional values at the altar of political correctness?
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