: As of 2024, approximately 9.3% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, with Gen Z showing the highest rates of diverse gender and sexual identification. Contemporary Challenges
: People whose identity falls outside the traditional male/female binary or shifts over time.
: Many cultures have their own terms for gender-diverse people, such as Brotherboys and Sistergirls in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities or Two-Spirit in some Indigenous North American cultures. Culture and Shared History






: As of 2024, approximately 9.3% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, with Gen Z showing the highest rates of diverse gender and sexual identification. Contemporary Challenges
: People whose identity falls outside the traditional male/female binary or shifts over time.
: Many cultures have their own terms for gender-diverse people, such as Brotherboys and Sistergirls in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities or Two-Spirit in some Indigenous North American cultures. Culture and Shared History