Why We Need Bisexual Awareness Week & Bisexuality Day
Bisexual Awareness Week began on September 16 and culminates on September 23rd in Bisexuality Day or Bivisibility Day.
According to co-founding organization GLAAD, a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ+ advocacy, media, monitoring and cultural change, the goals of Bisexual and Awareness Week is to celebrate the resilency of the bisexual community, accelerating acceptance of bisexuals and their community.
Here are some statistics from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a leading independent research center producing empirical studies on sexual orientation, and public policy that you should know:
- It is estimated that 13.9 million adults identify as LGBT in U.S. with California holding highest overall population (1.5 million).
- The top areas in the U.S. with the highest % of LBGTQ+ adults include Washington, D.C. (14.3 % of adult population), California, and Colorado.
- Forty-seven to 57% now make up the total LGBT/LGBTQ+ of the adult population in the U.S.
- There are approximately 13.9 million U.S. adults within the LGBT population. This represents 5.5 of the adult population.
- A broader 2025-26 surveillance data attributes over 56-58 % of the LGBTQ+ community identify specifically to bisexual.
Robin Ochs, global LGBTQA speaker, educator and advocate, and editor of BiWomen’s Quarterly, found in the Yale News that almost a third of YALE’s Freshman are LGBTQ+. Young adults 18-24 report the highest rate of LGBT identification at 15.2% compared to a lower % among older adults.
When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know
For more detailed advice, see book, co-authored with a mother of a gay son and a psychiatrist, Jonathan L. Tobkes, M.D.
