Nearly 40% of students at Brown University identify as LGBTQ+, continuing a sharp increase over the past decade at the school, according to a survey.
The Brown Daily Herald, which serves as the school's independent run newspaper, has kept track of LGBTQ+ prominence on campus since 2010, when 86% of students identified as straight. The rate of straight students since dropped to 60%, and the latest survey shows the percentage of LGBTQ+ students has doubled since 2010.at the university, more than five times the national rate for adults.
Bisexual identification makes up the majority of LGBTQ+ students at Brown University, according to the survey. Homosexual identification dropped from 46% of LGBTQ+ students in 2010 to 23% in 2023.
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