Mon May 30, 2022 – 7:11 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – A U.K. survey has shown that record-breaking numbers of young adults in Britain now identify as lesbian, gay, or bi-sexual (LGB), with numbers doubling over a six-year period.
New figures from Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the proportion of people in the U.K. aged between 16 and 24 identifying as “LGB” in 2020 stood at 8 percent, or almost 1 in 12.
The most recent figures, taken from the Annual Population Survey, represent a jump up from 6.6 percent “LGB” identification the previous year, in 2019, and just under double that of the 4.1 percent result garnered for the same age group in 2016.
While there has been “an increasing trend for this age group since 2014” towards identifying as “LGB,” the ONS writes, the overwhelming majority of respondents, 87.3 percent, told surveyors they identify as heterosexual. That number has dropped by just over 6 percent from 2014.
The Annual Population Survey results showed that the 16–24 group contains the highest single category of “LGB” identifying individuals, with the proportion dropping gradually as the age groupings get older. In 2020, just 0.8 percent
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