{
  "id": 2202535,
  "title": "Map Shows Record LGBTQ+ Growth Across US as Support for Community Drops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/map-shows-record-lgbtq-growth-across-us-as-support-for-community-drops",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:52:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-record-lgbtq-growth-across-us-as-support-for-community-drops-12348234"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The latest analysis from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation reveals a record high of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States, with over 25 million individuals, or 12% of the adult population, identifying as LGBTQ+. This growth in visibility and size is accompanied by a decline in public support for certain LGBTQ+ issues, as indicated by recent polls. The data, based on responses from the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, shows that LGBTQ+ adults are present in nearly every state, with the highest shares in D.C., Washington, Oregon, Colorado, California, and Alaska. Notably, 65% of the LGBTQ+ population identifies as bisexual, 30% as lesbian or gay, and 5% as transgender or gender-expansive. The majority of the LGBTQ+ community is under 35 years old, and the population is diverse, with larger shares of Hispanic (18%) and Black (9%) adults compared to the non-LGBTQ+ population.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}