I think there also may be some generational divide at play since she’s Gen Z and around a lot of wokies.

Lol, read that as "wookies" at first. But yes, I think you're correct. I forget all the time that I'm a lot younger than most posters on s/lesbians and that definitely plays into my sense of how many people I've seen identifying as cisgender LGB (ignoring trans for a moment). I mentioned it in my other comment but I knew a remarkable number of classmates in college, far higher 20%, who self-described as being LGB and not trans. Perhaps it's overly optimistic of me, and giving far too much benefit of the doubt, but I struggle to believe that like 90%+ of those people were just straight-up lying or wrong-- not because the idea unrealistic but because it disturbs me to think about. I'll own that bias.

Also, thank you for the words of support, I really appreciate it dude <3 I try my best to write non-confrontationally but sometimes tone is easily confused, and while I don't believe I am superior to anyone in any way, I was frustrated at how quickly the other commenter (votkriscan) was belittled. Gallup polls do have flaws and limitations, like any other surveys, even though they're often the best (or only) guesses of prevalence that we have; and I am still inclined to believe there may be an underestimation of homosexuality/bisexuality among the older generation which would artificially bring the group average down (to that 3-4% figure). But to be honest, we might just have to wait til we have more and better data than what is currently available. Gender identity ideology is making it harder to accurately assess the prevalence of our community... we might just have to wait until the dust settles in, like, a decade or so.

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