LGBTQ Nation
by Juwan J. Holmes
January 26, 2020
According to a study conducted by the Williams Institute of the UCLA School of Law, it’s time to regard the term queer as a “distinct sexual identity” within the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
“We explored the demographics and sexuality (e.g., sexual partnering and attraction) of people who identify as queer, compared to those who identify as lesbian/gay, bisexual, or other sexual minority identities, to better understand if, and how, queer-identified people are distinct from other sexual minority groups,” the study edited by M. Paz Galupo, PhD reads. Their data was collected from 1,518 surveyed respondents between the ages of 18 and 59, in 2016 and 2017.
Conducted by Shoshana K. Goldberg, Esther D. Rothblum, Stephen T. Russell, and Ilan H. Meyer, the study is named as “the first to estimate demographic characteristics and sexuality of queer-identified people using a U.S. nationally representative sample.”
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