Gay / lesbian

We then subtracted ratings on the femininity scale from ratings on the masculinity scale to come up with an overall rating for each respondent. Gay and bisexual men give themselves similar ratings on the scale. The LGBTQ community is a group of persons in any country, region, or other locality who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.

Many variants [a] of the initialism are used, such as those incorporating questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, and other individuals. LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. As is the case among U.

Among all U. In addition to asking LGBTQ adults to rate themselves on masculinity and femininity scales, we asked them how they think other people would describe them based on their appearance, style or mannerisms. LGBTQ+ is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and more.

The number of queer respondents who do not identify as gay or lesbian, bisexual, or trans is too small to analyze separately. We combined the overall ratings into the following categories:. Queer adults are included in the total and in the gay or lesbian, bisexual, and trans totals if they indicated they also identify with these terms.

We asked LGBTQ adults to rate themselves on two scales: A masculinity scale from 0 to 4, where 4 means extremely masculine and 0 means not at all masculine. Learn more through our FAQs and supportive resources.

For example, if someone rated themselves a 4 on the masculinity scale and a 1 on the femininity scale, their overall rating would be 3. These answers are largely consistent with how LGBTQ men and women describe their own gender expression.

Members of the LGBTQ community feel some degree of empathy and solidarity with each other based on their shared experience and knowledge of anti-LGBTQ prejudice, discrimination, and disrespect. Scholars have explored gender expression among LGBTQ adults in terms of how they describe their own masculinity and femininity, as well as how they think others perceive them.

Gender expression among LGBTQ adults Scholars have explored gender expression among LGBTQ adults in terms of how they describe their own masculinity and femininity, as well as how they think others perceive them. But there are some differences by race and ethnicity.

But among women, those who are bisexual are more likely than those who are gay or lesbian to see themselves as feminine. For the remainder of this chapter, references to gay, lesbian and bisexual adults exclude those who are transgender.

[1][2] The group is generally conceived as broadly encompassing all individuals who are part of a sexual or gender minority.

Gay and lesbian people can form attraction and/or relationships with people of the same gender. Transgender adults are of any sexual orientation. But there are differences across groups. For the remainder of this chapter, references to gay, lesbian and bisexual adults exclude those who are transgender.

The shares saying their LGBTQ identity is extremely or very important to them do not vary considerably by age, income or education. Two-thirds of trans adults say being transgender is highly important to who they are.

We combined the overall ratings into the following categories: Highly masculine 4, 3 Lean masculine 2, 1 Equally masculine and feminine or neither masculine nor feminine 0 Lean feminine -1, -2 Highly feminine -3, -4 We also asked these questions in a September survey of all U.

Views by age As is the case among U. How LGBTQ adults say other people would describe their gender expression In addition to asking LGBTQ adults to rate themselves on masculinity and femininity scales, we asked them how they think other people would describe them based on their appearance, style or mannerisms.

Transgender adults are of any sexual orientation. A femininity scale from 0 to 4, where 4 means extremely feminine and 0 means not at all feminine. We also asked these questions in a September survey of all U. Because the number of nonbinary adults in the general public survey is too small to analyze, the question was only asked of men and women.

May 29, Table of Contents. Queer adults are included in the total and in the gay or lesbian, bisexual, and trans totals if they indicated they also identify with these terms.