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More young adults than ever in the UK are now identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB), new figures show.
The proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds who are LGB has almost doubled in four years and now stands at nearly one in 12.
Some 8.0 per cent of the age group identified as LGB in 2020, up from 6.6 per cent in 2019 and a jump from 4.1 per cent in 2016.
The rise reflects ‘an increasing trend for this age group since 2014,’ according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Around one in 20 (5.3 per cent) of people aged 16-24 identified as bisexual in 2020, along with 2.7 per cent as LGB, 1.3 per cent as other and 87.3 per cent heterosexual or straight.
A further 3.4 per cent said they didn’t know or refused to answer.
The estimates have been published by the ONS using data from the Annual Population Survey, which collects information on sexual identity from the household population aged 16 and over in the UK.
