Significant increase in number of people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual in UK.

October 4, 2017 compassq HEALTH, LIFESTYLES, WORLD NEWS Comments Off on Significant increase in number of people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual in UK.

The percentage of people identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual increased significantly last year, to 2% of the UK population.

The proportion was up from 1.7% in 2015, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures published on Wednesday, and it means there were just over 1 million people identifying as LGB in 2016.