4 in 10 Brown University Students Now Identify as LGBTQ+: Poll

The number of Brown University students identifying as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender has more than doubled since 2010, according to a new poll commissioned by a student-run paper. A decade ago, just 14 percent of students there claimed in polls to be LGBT. Today, almost 40 percent identify with one of the letters, according to the Brown Daily Herald’s Spring 2023 poll released last month.

Breaking down the numbers, students who identify as homosexual have increased by over 25 percent, with “bisexual” surging over 230 percent. But the number of students identifying with “other sexual orientations” such as “Queer,” “Pansexual” and “Asexual” skyrocketed almost 800 percent since the surveys began over a decade ago. Over 5 percent said they were “nonbinary” or “genderqueer.”