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Is nearly a quarter of Gen Z queer – or is something else going on?
- krageon 2y agoThis article appears to be making the case that it's definitely just lost children trying to replace religion. Infantilising boomer logic strikes again.
- yorwba 2y agoThe article cites a Gallup poll without linking it. Straight from the galluping horse's mouth: https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-rises.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-ris... "The recent increase is largely due to more adults in their late teens, 20s and 30s -- particularly young women -- saying they are bisexual." The only place the The Hill article mentions bisexuals is in the macro expansion of LGBTQ. If it has a correct explanation, then surely only by accident, not as the result of careful analysis.
- jfengel 2y agoThat's actually low by my anecdotal experience of Gen Z. Various things skew my sample. I suspect most of them will end up in heterosexual relationships, and identifying as mostly their assigned gender. But they're getting a chance to make these as choices, rather than enforced heterosexuality. They'll probably still identify as "at least a little bi" and "less than 100% male/female", but it's going to look conventional from the outside. They may well be in "ethically non-monogamous" relationships where they get to express parts of themselves that they don't usually do. They resent having an identity forced on them. As we all did; we just didn't realize how pervasive that force is. I am manifestly certain that I'd have decided that I was a straight cis-man, but when I grew up it would never have occurred to me to ask. I wouldn't say that my set of Gen Z friends is doing great. The world is pretty stressful for them. But they're responding to it with a pretty healthy understanding of gender and sexuality, so they've got that going for them.