Windy City Times
by Rachel Dowd
January 22, 2020
The first study to examine queer identity in a U.S. nationally representative sample
An estimated 6% of sexual minority adults in the U.S. identify as queer, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Those who identify as queer are overwhelmingly cisgender women or genderqueer/nonbinary ( GQNB ); they are also younger and more highly educated than other sexual minorities.
Researchers examined a representative sample of sexual minorities in the United States from three age groups—young ( 18-25 ), middle ( 34-41 ), and older ( 52-59 )—to determine the demographics and sexuality of people who identify as queer, compared to those who identify as lesbian/gay, bisexual, or as other sexual minority identities.
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