Comparing to this Gallup poll of adult Gen Zers (18-25 year olds):

High schoolers: 26% LGBTQ; 12% bisexual, 11% questioning/other, 3% gay/lesbian

Gen Z adults: 21% LGBTQ; 15% bisexual, 3% questioning/other, 4.5% gay/lesbian

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They also found that, among all high schoolers that have had a sexual experience, 1 in 5 have had a same-sex experience (20%; 14% with both genders, 6% only with the same gender). Assuming that number will probably go up for them as they have more experiences.

And I feel like that's pretty interesting to note, because there's an annoying stereotype going around that most bi people, especially bi women, will only fall into opposite-sex experiences because they're a 1 or 2 the Kinsey scale. Obviously those people are valid too, but I don't think they represent the majority of bi people, and there's often some invalidation coming when people say that. I saw this study posted on Reddit, and people were like "it's probably just 99% straight kids looking for attention and trying to feel unique." That just isn't true.

Some anecdotal talk: I go to a progressive-ish college, and from my uni experience so far, I'd say like 1/4 of the people I became friends with at random (mostly guys) have ending up telling me they're LGBT in some form or another. And yeah, most of those people are bi.

Most bi people I know don't seem to have a preference at all, actually, a good chunk of them (including me) seem to have a preference for the same gender. I think I know one bi guy that says he only likes very feminine guys and enbies, so he's only been with girls so far. But other than that, all the bi people I know have either been with both main genders or only the same-gender! I had a talk with my straight friends actually, a lot of them said they have maybe a 5% same-sex attraction, but wouldn't identify as anything but straight because they can't see themselves with the same gender. I mean they could if they wanted to, that's probably an even much larger chunk of the population, but I'm assuming most people like that will keep identifying as straight.

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I think you got sent to the wrong thread. It's not hard to have happen at the moment, if you have the live updates to the thread list turned on.

    • Parzivus [any]
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      1 year ago

      Oh I guess I did? Super weird, I can see the mega thread comments but the actual post is the CDC study

        • mar_k [he/him]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Same, also, sometimes my post will have a different amount of upvotes than what it really is and I'll refresh it and it'll change drastically. Like one time I was surprised because I had 50 upvotes in 20 minutes and then refreshed to see I had 5 lmao.

    • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      if you have the live updates to the thread list turned on

      Is there a setting I'm not aware of that allows one to turn this off?