Gallup's latest LGBTQ+ poll
And a post-V day interview on love, money, and habits
Hello! A new Gallup poll dropped on Monday, and a new podcast interview on money in gay relationships came out this past weekend—details below.
Also, I do love this petty thing Outsports does where ​they track all the queer Olympics athletes as a team​, as if they were their own country. We'd currently be in 11th!
—Nick
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Brag to everyone: LGBTQ+ identification holds at 9% in latest Gallup poll
​Gallup's latest LGBTQ+ identification poll​, published on Monday, is continued good news for queer Americans. So let's all go brag to our friends about it!
Overall identification held steady at 9%, thanks to young people identifying as bisexual in larger numbers. Although slightly down from 2024's peak of 9.3%, identification continues its overall upward trajectory, having come in at 3.5% when Gallup first conducted this poll in 2012.
It means there are 24 million out LGBTQ+ adults living in America. (9% applied to ​342 million people​, ​approximately 78%​ of whom are adults).
Here are some important callouts to know.
Overall identification continues to rise
Overall identification held steady at 9%, based on 13,000 phone surveys conducted in 2025. This is the twelfth year Gallup has conducted the LGBTQ+ identification poll.
Since queer people are often not measured in federal data sets like the Census' American Community Survey, the year-over-year data produced by organizations like Gallup is some of the most valuable information we have to determine LGBTQ+ socioeconomic status and wellness.
A majority of queer people say their sexual orientation is bisexual
Keeping in line with past years, a majority of queer people say they're bisexual. the bisexual experience is the queer experience. But other surveys have found that bisexual people are less likely to be out to friends and family than homosexual people.
LGBTQ+ identification by age, gender, race, party identification, place of residence
The poll also gives us insight into LGBTQ+ identification based on race, gender, political affiliation, and place of residence. (Sadly, however, nothing on whether the respondent is Team Shane or Team Ilya. #heatedrivalry)
Read more at nickwolny.com
New interview: Queer Relationships Institute
I had the pleasure of sitting with Tom Bruett, LMFT for an interview for his Queer Relationships Institute podcast, which is a video podcast. ​It's available on YouTube now!​
In the interview, we chatted about my new book Money Proud, why money gets weird in gay relationships (and in general!), and how to fund a fabulous future without feeling like you're scraping by in the present.
Outside the interview, we had a really nice heart-to-heart about online content creation and how it can sometimes feel like you're yelling into the abyss. I really like the approachability of Tom's podcast, and hope you'll check it out.
Tom also has a book, The Go-To Relationship Guide for Gay Men—​learn more here​.
