How many gay people are in the military

When separated by gender, % of males identified as gay and % as bisexual, [1] while % of females identified as lesbian and % as bisexual. [1] In June , US President Joe Biden signed a “pardon proclamation” - that formally affected thousands of military veterans with historical gay sex criminal records. [2][3][4].

In a health survey released this week by the RAND Corporation, percent of people in the U.S. military self-identified as LGBT. It’s the first ever direct estimate of the military’s LGBT population, even though LGB people, at least, have been allowed to serve openly for seven whole years.