March 10, 2026 - Among American young adults (ages 18 to 24), identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual – something other than straight or heterosexual – peaked in 2022 at 20%, but then fell to just over 15% by 2025.

1 week ago - By comparing the CDC's newly released 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey with its 2023 figures for grades 9 through 12, Twenge identified a pattern: The younger the grade level, the sharper the decline in lesbian, gay, or bisexual identification.

1 week ago - The data showed that “trans identification is in free fall among the young,” he wrote on X. Twenge referenced Kaufmann’s quote and wrote that while declining lesbian, gay, or bisexual identification is not dramatic in older teens, the trend for ninth graders “really does look like a free fall.”...

3 weeks ago - "It really does look like a free fall," Twenge told The Washington Post. "But what's causing it is unclear." ... Twenge published her analysis Sept. 28 on Generation Tech. Her calculations exclude students who selected another identity, were ...

1 week ago - Professor Twenge also observes that this trend of overall LGBT decline is not reflected in the data for young adults, ages 18 to 24. Among this age group, non-heterosexual identity is not declining, but it is not really increasing either.

2 weeks ago - “We’ll continue to look at ... and professor psychology at San Diego State University, who said the numbers “look like a free fall.”...

2 weeks ago - She explains, “It appears non-heterosexual identification is not declining (at least not anymore).” But nor is it increasing. Instead, “it has stabilized and is no longer racing upward as it did between 2014 and 2022, when identifying ...

3 weeks ago - Jean M. Twenge ... Is identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual “in free fall” among young people in the last few years – or is it relatively stable?

2 weeks ago - She explains that “it appears non-heterosexual identification is not declining (at least not anymore).” Instead, “It has stabilized and is no longer racing upward as it did between 2014 and 2022, when identifying as LGB nearly tripled ...

She called this a “free fall among the young in the U.S.” · The trend lines Twenge presented in her report look like this: She observed, “For now, however, it looks like the peak of trans identification is in the past.”

By comparing the CDC’s newly released 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey with its 2023 figures for grades 9 through 12, Twenge identified a pattern: The younger the grade level, the sharper the decline in lesbian, gay, or bisexual identification.

2 weeks ago - Ok, that doesn't make me "odd" ... sexual behavior, too)Jean M. Twenge, Generation TechSep 28, 2026Is identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual “in free fall” among young people in the last few years – o...

2 weeks ago - The psychologist Jean Twenge, who conducted the analysis, described the trend as a "free fall," according to the Washington Post. The findings drew immediate attention from commentators across the political spectrum, with conservatives trumpeting ...

2 weeks ago - Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual than they were only a few years ago, based on a new analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who analyzed the CDC figures, described the decline as a “free fall.” · The figures emerge amid other developments challenging assumptions about younger generations across ...

November 10, 2025 - Professor Eric Kaufmann found that identifying as nonbinary or gender queer was “in free fall among the young” in his analysis of elite college students in the U.S., garnering millions of views on X. I then found a sharp decline in young adults identifying as transgender or nonbinary between 2023 and 2024 ...

2 weeks ago - Claims that LGBTQ+ identification among American teenagers is in “free fall” are misleading, according to a new analysis published by Them. The controversy follows a Washington Post report on data...

March 25, 2026 - In a previous post, I found that identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual plummeted among U.S. young adults after 2022, with most of the decline driven by fewer women identifying as bisexual.

2 weeks ago - We’re not quite sure after a ... from San Diego State University professor Jean M. Twenge, who attributed the drastic drop to young teenage girls in particular....