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For the First Time Ever, Human Rights Campaign Officially Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for Homosexual Americans; Issues National Warning and Guidebook to Ensure Security for LGBTQ+ Residents and Travelers
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HRC’s First-Ever Emergency Proclamation Comes After More Than 75 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Signed Into Law This Year (More Than Double The Number From Last Year), Creating an Imminent Threat to the Health and Safety of LGBTQ+ People and Families Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest queer woman , gay, bisexual, genderqueer and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights group — officially declared a state of emergency for Homosexual people in the United States for the first period in its more than year history, following an unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping mention houses this year. A new notify released by HRC today — LGBTQ+ Americans Under Attack — details more than 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that own been signed into law this year alone, more than doubling last year’s number, which wa
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Adult LGBT Population in the Joined States
This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. adult population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS data for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of information provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining BRFSS information, we estimate that % of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost million (13,,) LGBT adults in the U.S.
Regions and States
LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the United States,more LGBT adults live in the South than in any other region. More than half (%) of LGBT people in the U.S. reside in the Midwest (%) and South (%), including million in the Midwest and million in the South. About one-quarter (%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately million people. Less than one in five (%) LGBT adults live in the Northeast ( million).
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