Teenage girls who self-identify as lesbian or bisexual are falling by a staggering margin, new data shows.

According to CDC data highlighted by The Washington Post, teenage girls who identify as lesbian or bisexual have dropped from 30 percent to 17 percent in four years.

The number of American teenagers who are gay or bisexual is declining, a new survey shows

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The number of teenage girls who identify as lesbian or bisexual has dropped in just the past four years, according to new data published by The Washington Post, revealing a dramatic shift in the way young Americans describe their sexual orientation and prompting researchers to search for answers.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited in the report, the share of ninth-grade girls who identify as lesbian or bisexual has dropped from 30 percent in 2021 to just 17 percent in 2025, while those who identify as bisexual have halved, from 26 percent to 13 percent.

According to the Post, the percentage of boys who identify as gay or bisexual has remained largely unchanged over the past decade, while the share of high school girls who identify as gay or bisexual increased after the COVID-19 pandemic before beginning to decline.

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Although that number has continued to decline, the rate among older teenage girls has remained relatively stable and remains higher than before the pandemic, according to the publication.

Jean Tung, a psychology professor at San Diego State University whose analysis of 2025 data on his “tech generation” told The Washington Post that the downward trend began when former President Joe Biden was still in office, raising questions about whether the shift could be attributed to a change in presidential administrations.

"It's amazing what happens when you cut the Department of Education and USAID," wrote Terry Schilling, director of the American Principles Project, in a recent post at X on Development.

According to the Washington Post, the available data also do not explain why such political transitions affect certain age groups differently.

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According to the Post, the sexual orientation of older teenagers has remained stable. (iStock)

According to researcher Jean Tung, the downward trend in teenagers identifying as LGBTQ began during former President Biden's administration. (iStock)

"It's premature to celebrate this one report as proof of a downward trend," Heyer said. It is better to be skeptical and do more studies before we put this study in the win column.

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