In the UK, the number of people declaring themselves as heterosexual is declining, and the number of people identifying as gay or bisexual is increasing – especially in the younger age group – according to the Office for National Statistics released Thursday.

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The proportion of people over 16 years old who were considered heterosexual in 2019 was 93.7%. (about 49.9 million), a decrease compared to 2018, when it was 94.6%. And it is a continuation of a trend that has been visible for several years, because in 2015 it was 95.2 percent.

In 2019, 2.7% of respondents identified themselves as gay or bisexual. People over 16 years of age, which in absolute numbers translates to about 1.4 million people and is a marked increase compared to the situation in 2018, when it was 2.2%, i.e. 1.2 million. People who declared themselves exclusively homosexual in 2019 made up 1.6% of the population over the age of 16, and bisexuals – 1.1%. In both cases, their percentage increases, because in 2015 it was 1.2%, respectively. and 0.7 percent. At the same time, the percentage of people declaring a different sexual orientation, answering “I don’t know” or declining to answer, also increased.

When it comes to gender, the percentage of men who identify as gay or bisexual (2.9%) is slightly higher than that of women (2.5%). However, nearly twice as many men as women consider themselves exclusively gay (2.1% compared to 1.1%). On the other hand, women declare themselves as intersex than men (1.4% vs. 0.8%).

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Gay and bisexual people increased in every age group, but most were between 16 and 24 years old – from 4.4 percent. in 2018 to 6.6% in 2019. This group is also the only group in which more people declare themselves bisexual than exclusively gay. As pointed out by ONS, One possible reason is that younger people may be more likely to explore their sexuality along with greater social acceptance of different gender identities.

Among the components of the United Kingdom, the highest proportion of people declaring themselves to be gay and bisexual in 2019 was in Wales (2.9%), followed by England and Scotland (2.7% each), and the lowest in Northern Ireland (1.5%), while in and increased England and Scotland compared to 2018, and unchanged in Wales and Northern Ireland. On the other hand, looking at the nine regions of England separately, the highest percentage is located in London – 3.8 per cent. And this is where the highest increase was recorded compared to 2018 – by 1 percentage point.

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