In 2024, 14.2 percent of Millennials in the United States stated that they identify as LGBTQ+, while in 2012, less than six percent of respondents from the same generation said the same. Members of Generation Z were the most likely to identify as LGBTQ+, at over 23 percent.

As of April 2024, 55 percent of the LGBT population lived in the 50 states and the District of Columbia where private health insurance service providers weren't allowed to deny coverage for transgender-related health care services, such as sex reassignment surgery. However, only 40 percent lived in states where health insurance protections included sexual orientation and gender identity.

LGBT Americans The share of Americans self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has grown in recent years. This suggests that insurance protections which cover LGBT-related health care services will also continue to grow in importance. The prevalence of younger Americans self-identifying as LGBT when compared with older generations confirms this. Millennials and Gen Xers are much more likely to personally identify as LGBT than previous generations were. Growing acceptance and tolerance in wider society means that more people are willing to be open about their gender identity and sexual orientation. For instance, support for same-sex marriage in the U.S. underwent a huge shift over the past two decades with the majority of Americans being in favor of it since 2011.

More women than men expressed support for increased LGBT+ representation in media, according to a recent survey conducted in 2024 across ** countries. Support was highest among female Gen Z at ** percent, followed by female millennials at ** percent. In contrast, one in three male Gen Z and millennials supported more visibility, highlighting a clear gender and generational divide.

From 2023-2024 the UKRI funded 'Re-imagining LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Communities’ (Between LGBTQ+ Generations) project. Between LGBTQ+ Generations ran from September 2023 to June 2024 in Brighton, UK. It brought together people aged 18-35 and 55+ in a series of 8 workshops. Each workshop had a different theme and drew on a different creative method. The intervention was designed, developed and delivered using creative methods and community-centred frameworks that acknowledges community development as self-cultivating, with external resources acting as a catalyst for this work. Funded by the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge and University of Sussex, this project responds to a call to address public health inequalities, tackle market failures, and support healthy ageing. This project interprets healthy ageing as bidirectional, in which both older and younger LGBTQ+ groups hold expertise around healthy ageing.The files from each workshop are indicated by the workshop number in each filename.Workshop 1 (Oct 2023)These files come from a creative arts workshop that took place on October 2023 with the theme ‘introduction to collage’. Participants were asked to select a paper colour that represented them, and to use collage activity to introduce and connect with the group.The creative material from this workshop represents an important data point: many participants felt they did not know how to draw, or how to create art. The creative material represented here shows the early stages of participation in the LGBTQ+ Intergenerational project.Workshop 2 (Nov 2023)These files come from a creative arts workshop that took place on November 2023 with the theme ‘LGBTQ+ icons collage’. Participants were asked to select LGBTQ+ icons with the following questions in mind:1. If you could be any gay icon, who would it be? why?2. What LGBTQ icons did you watch growing up?3. Can you remember the first gay person or character you ever saw in television or in film? How did they make you feel?4. Did you know any gay adults when you were growing up?In groups, participants collaged their icons, using the prompts provided.Workshop 3 (Dec 2023)These files come from s a creative arts workshop that took place on December 2023 with the theme ‘Wellbeing’. Participants were asked to draw, write, and compile a booklet that touches on LGBTQ+ culture, memory, wellbeing, and food.Workshop 4 (Jan 2024)These files come from a creative arts workshop that took place on January 2024 with the theme ‘Music & Memory’. Participants were asked to compile their favourite songs and prepare a description about how this song connected them to memory, community, or experience. In groups, we listened to the songs together and reflected on these themes using the following prompts:How does it physically make you feel?What makes it memorable?Does it make you reflect on your environment or self?What aspects of the song relate to your queerness or identity?Workshop 5 (Feb 2024)These files come from a creative arts workshop that took place on February 2024 with the theme ‘Queer Joy’. This activity asked participants to create a map of the local areas that they associate with joy, LGBTQ+ culture, and memory.Workshop 6 (Mar 2024)These files come from a creative arts workshop that took place on March 2024 with the theme ‘Story on a postcard’, which follows from the mapping exercise in the previous session, using the following prompts:1. Familiarise yourself again with the maps and pick a point (either from the previous prompts or a new point) where you have story that you want to tell.2. Get into pairs - one student and one community member, grab a cup of coffee, share your stories.3. Find a way on the postcard (or using a physical image if you want) to portray your partner’s story (or a moment in the story) visually. It Get people to share and then portray a story which links to the map. It can be abstract or literal, however you wish to do so. Each pair will end up with two postcards.4. Lay your story postcard to the map ready to be pinned for the exhibition.Workshop 7 (Apr 2024)These files come from a creative arts workshop that took place on April 2024 with the theme ‘Patchwork Portraits’, using the following prompts:In pairs, share the objects you have bought with your partners - explain why you brought them and what they signify to you. Then exchange them and assemble a portrait using those, your earlier drawings if you like, or other materials. Work collaboratively, checking in with your partner that they are happy with your creation.

According to a survey conducted between July 2024 and June 2025, * percent of social media users in France identified as being part of the LGBTQ+ community. Additionally, Millennials and Generation X accounted the majority of social media users in the country.

According to the National Institute of Demographic Studies, almost ***percent of responding young cisgender men reported having had sex with only one gender. On the other hand, ***percent of cisgender women reported the same. It may be stated that younger generations are more open about sexuality and gender, and generally, ** percent of French citizens think homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society. Younger women and sexual practices According to France Televisions, ***percent of young French women aged between 18 and 34 years stated that they never had a homosexual relationship but would be open to it if the opportunity arose. In comparison, only ** percent of responding men declared the same. There were also ***percent to mentioned that they do not wish to have a gay relationship, compared to ***percent of women surveyed. This open-mindedness could be linked with the evolution of sexual practices among younger generations. Thus, since 1992, the proportion of women who have already practiced oral sex at least once in their lifetime, increased. Similarly, the share of women who already practiced sodomy was also more important since 1992. The evolution of society, as well as the internet, appears to have allowed women to dare to experiment more. Being gay in France Gay marriage has been legal in France since 2013, and the number of same-sex weddings reached a record number of 10,552 unions in 2014. However, in 2024, the LGBTQI+ community still faced insults, harassment, and assault.