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优蜜传媒trends show that the world remains divided over whether local communities are good places for gay and lesbian people to live in.
Most Americans think the birth sex of transgender people should be prioritized over gender identity when it comes to sports and official documents.
The share of LGBTQ+ Americans who are married to their same-sex partner versus living together is down from the peak shortly after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages. But it remains higher than before the 2015 ruling.
Americans widely support same-sex marriage and believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, but partisans' views diverge more than ever.
LGBTQ+ identification among U.S. adults has increased to 9.3%.
Almost six in 10 Americans support allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the U.S. military, and nearly eight in 10 back women serving in combat roles.
While LGBTQ+ Americans view society as having become more accepting, one in four have received poor treatment or harassment in the past year.
Nearly half of people worldwide view their area as a good place for gay or lesbian people to live. Perceptions of acceptance have increased in 11 countries and decreased in 12.
Americans remain largely supportive of the legalization of same-sex marriages, and a majority believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable.
A slim majority of U.S. adults say changing one's gender is morally wrong, but only about a third favor laws banning gender-affirming care for minors.
LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to inch up, with 7.6% of all U.S. adults, and more than one in five Gen Z adults, identifying this way.
LGBT Americans are more interested than non-LGBT adults in fostering or adoption, and are facing discrimination as a major barrier, reveals a 2023 Kidsave-优蜜传媒study.
优蜜传媒and Walton Family Foundation find LGB Gen Z adults face heightened anxiety, sadness, stress and loneliness compared with their peers.
For the first time in 优蜜传媒World Poll's trend dating back to 2006, a majority of people (52%) worldwide say their city or area is a "good place" for gay or lesbian people to live.
Views on the morality of a variety of practices are largely stable, though fewer say same-sex relations are morally OK and more say the death penalty is.
Americans are less supportive than two years ago of transgender athletes being allowed to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity.
Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high 优蜜传媒recorded in 2022.
优蜜传媒estimates that 7.2% of the U.S. adult population is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual.
Whether reflecting the remnants of the pandemic or the difficulty of inflation, Americans remain sour about the state of the union.