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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 10:06 AM Jul 2018

Only 66% of young people today identify as exclusively heterosexual

Only 66 percent of young people today identify as exclusively heterosexual - which is the lowest of any generation up until this point, according to a study from Ipsos Mori.

Baby boomers prove to have the highest percentage, with 88 percent identifying as solely heterosexual, whereas that number drops to 85 percent with Gen X, and 71 percent among millennials, the study says.

Other studies published by Ipsos Mori suggest that over 70 percent of Gen Z is comfortable with homosexual relationships, as compared to the 43 percent of Baby Boomers.

Figures from other organizations confirm Ipsos Mori’s suggestion that younger generations are more likely to either identify as LGBT or be accepting of the LGBT community, and that the percentage of the younger generation is more likely to do either continues to rise over time.

https://www.advocate.com/youth/2018/7/06/study-says-only-two-thirds-gen-z-straight

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Only 66% of young people today identify as exclusively heterosexual (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 OP
What is the definition of "young people"? Sneederbunk Jul 2018 #1
The article refers to "Gen Z', so ... left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #4
K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2018 #2
What percentage identity as young people? MattP Jul 2018 #3
My guess is ... Odoreida Jul 2018 #5
 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
5. My guess is ...
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 08:41 PM
Jul 2018

... no change in actual behavior, only in poll response.

Of course I do not know this, just a hunch.

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