One in five young people identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual
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Britons more likely than ever to see themselves as somewhere between homosexual or heterosexual, with the number of 18-24s identifying as bisexual eight times higher than 2015.
By Victoria Waldersee
A new YouGov survey shows more people than ever identify as somewhere between the extremes of the sexuality spectrum, with those aged 18 to 24 now eight times more likely than they were in 2015 to identify as bisexual.
When we asked 18 to 24 year olds in to choose what best described their sexuality in 2015 just one in fifty (2%) said they were bisexual. Our latest data, from this month, shows that one in six (16%) now choose this option – an eight-fold increase.
Building on the idea of sexuality as a spectrum, YouGov asked Britons where they would place themselves on the Kinsey scale of 0 to 6, where 0 is completely heterosexual and 6 is completely homosexual.
The results show that when people are asked to identify themselves on a scale, rather than within a defined set of options (het...
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