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A 2023 Gallup poll concluded that 7.6% of adult Americans identified as LGBTQ+. [1] A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. [2] As of 2022, estimates for the total percentage of U.S. adults that are transgender or nonbinary range from 0.5% to 1.6%.
There are more than 13 million people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender in the U.S. ages 13 and older, including about 300,000 young people and 1.3 million adults who identify as ...
A person holds up a transgender flag during rally in 2018. Now, 1.6% of Americans identify as trans, Pew Research Center has found. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid) (Brendan McDermid / Reuters)
The first transgender public officeholder in the United States was Joanne Marie Conte, elected to Arvada, Colorado's City Council in 1991. As of January 2025, the highest-ranking public official is Sarah McBride , who represents Delaware's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives .
Many transgender people experience gender dysphoria, and some seek medical treatments such as hormone replacement therapy, gender-affirming surgery, or psychotherapy. Not all transgender people desire these treatments, [18] and some cannot undergo them for legal, [19] financial, [20] or medical [21] reasons.
American support for LGBTQ+ people has surged since 1985, but support for transgender and nonbinary people lags, according to a new poll for The Times.
Generally, according to Genny Beemyn in a Transgender History of the United States, the few historical accounts of transgender people that exist in 17th and 18th century America predominantly feature female to male transgender people, possibly because it was more difficult for male to female people to successfully present as women before the ...
Approximately 1.3 million adults and 300,000 youths identify as transgender in the U.S., and among them, it’s clear that a level of panic is ensuing.