by Felix Richter, Statista.com
— this post authored by Niall McCarthy
In 2015, 1.7 percent of the UK’s population identified themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual.
London is the nation’s LGB capital with 2.6 percent of its population identifying themselves as such. The North West came second with 2.0 percent while the East of England came last with 1.2 percent.
This chart shows the percentage of the UK’s population who identified as LGB in 2016
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