Bisexual identity overtaking gay and lesbian in Britain, official stats show

Bisexual identity overtaking gay and lesbian in Britain, official stats show:
'The number of British people defining themselves as “bisexual” has jumped by 45 per cent in just three years, according new official estimates.
For the first time, more young people in the UK describe themselves as bisexual than gay or lesbian combined, the figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
It is the latest evidence pointing to a shift in attitudes towards sexuality, with increasing numbers viewing their own position as somewhere on a spectrum rather than it being a black-or-white question.
A survey by YouGov published last year found that half of young people, and almost a quarter of the population overall, define themselves as something other than 100 per cent heterosexual..."

Sexual identity UK | More young people identify as bisexual than gay or lesbian

Age group	Identified as bi (%)	Identified as gay (%)
16–24	1.8	1.5
25–34	0.9	1.8
35–49	0.4	1.3
50–64	0.4	1.0
65+	0.3	0.3

Data: Office for National Statistics

Benjamin Cohen, chief executive of the LGBTI publisher PinkNews, said: 
“More and more young people are willing to admit that their sexual orientation fluctuates; that they can be attracted to someone of the same sex or someone of the opposite sex and that there is no inherent contradiction in that..."