Daily News
by Muri Assunção
January 24, 2020
An estimated 6% of sexual minorities in the U.S. identify as queer, a new study has found.
The report, “Exploring the Q in LGBTQ: Demographic characteristic and sexuality of queer people in a U.S. representative sample of sexual minorities” was published by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law Wednesday.
It was the first study to examine queer identity in a U.S. nationally representative sample.
“The term ‘queer’ has a long history with different connotations for sexual minorities,” study author Ilan H. Meyer said in a statement, noting that the word has been used as a derogatory term in the past, but later “claimed by academics as a critical term and field of study.”
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