Fewer teens than ever are heterosexual

The CDC's report found that 72.4% of US high school students identify as heterosexual, 3.2% as gay or lesbian, 12% as bisexual, and 9% as 'other' or 'questioning'. Girls were more likely to place themselves in all three categories, with five times as many female students considering themselves bisexual (20%) and four times as many (13.7% vs. 3.7%) listing themselves in the 'other' category. The number of transgender Americans has exploded. The Silent Generation (born between 1928 and 1945) identified as transgender in the Gallup survey, compared to 1.9% of Generation Z. Some argue that acceptance of alternative sexualities has made each generation more comfortable with coming out as LGBTQ, while a study linked heavy social media use to transgender identification.