Startling trend of more young people identifying as LGBT

People wave a rainbow flag in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 7. (Photo: David McNew / AFP via Getty Images file)

An estimated 5.6 percent of Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, according to a new Gallup report. That’s up from 4.5 percent in 2017, the last year polling on the issue was conducted by the organization.

Of those surveyed who…