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One in five millennials identifies as LGBT+, a new study has found. A GLAAD Accelerating Acceptance 2017 survey of more than 2,000 people in the US found that 20 percent of adults under 35 identified as LGBT+. It also found that 12 percent of respondents said they did not identify with their sex assigned at birth, or otherwise don't conform to gender stereotypes.<br>
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The latest survey comes in contrast to one conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), which found that 7 percent of adults under 35 identified as LGBT+. A survey in the UK [by Anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label] in February found that more than half of people under 35 don't identify as straight. [...]<br>
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The research was unclear about why there seemed to be more millennials identifying as LGBT compared to other generations. Though it was suggested it could be due to millennials being more confident and forthcoming about their gender and sexuality compared to other generations.<br>
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<i>source: Article 'One in five millennials now identifies as LGBT+' by Joseph Patrick McCormick; www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/03/one-in-five-millennials-now-identifies-as-lgbt/; PinkNews; 3 April 2017</i>

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