Many people opted to come out after a Supreme Court ruling in June that legalized gay marriage in every state. users identify as LGBT and 800,000 came out in the last year, Facebook said. The researchers also included in their count people who updated the website to say they were in a same-sex relationship. Researchers Bogdon State and Nils Wernerfelt said in a blog post published Thursday that “the number of people on Facebook coming out per day is on track to be three times what it was a year ago.”Ĭoming out on Facebook means that users change their settings to indicate which gender or genders they are attracted to, creating a custom gender option on a user's website. A growing number of Americans are coming out on Facebook, according to a new study from the social media platform.
For a growing number of people, coming out to friends and family is now as easy as changing your relationship status.
