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<\/a>It also found that 12 percent of respondents said they did not identify with their sex assigned at birth, or otherwise don\u2019t conform to gender stereotypes.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cAs the [US] administration begins to fulfil its pledges to move the country backwards, many are concerned about progress made in recent years for the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThough laws can be unwritten, hearts and minds in America have been changed of the better \u2013 and that is a reality less easily unravelled.\u201d<\/p>\n
The survey also found that a large proportion, 63 percent of those under 35 considered themselves allies to the LGBT+ community. A further 23 percent said they were a \u2018detached supporter\u2019, and only 14 percent said they were resistant to LGBT+ rights.<\/p>\n
As well as asking respondents about sexual orientation and gender identity, the study took views on LGBT discrimination, equality in the workplace, sex education and abortion.<\/p>\n It was found that the majority of millennials believe proper sex education and contraception is the best way to prevent pregnancy \u2013 not abstinence \u2013 and that LGBT people should be protected from discrimination in the workplace.<\/p>\n The research was unclear about why there seemed to be more millennials identifying as LGBT compared to other generations.<\/p>\n Though it was suggested it could be due to millennials being more confident and forthcoming about their gender and sexuality compared to other generations.<\/p>\n<\/a>Last year\u2019s report from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)<\/a> in November found that seven percent of 18 to 35-year-olds identify as LGBT. In contrast, another study found only three and a half percent of American adults over 35 did the same.<\/p>\n