Gay/queer people have always been under 5% of the population in modern times.

I for one do believe some are born that way, but that others can become that way through trauma/abuse or other environmental factors.

Now something like 25% or more of Gen Z are claiming to be queer/LGBT/Non-Binary. I attribute the current explosion in numbers to be based more on trauma/environment because there is no way genetic factors have suddenly shifted to increase the %.

The breakdown of the nuclear family, lack of fathers, increase in single motherhood along with victimhood being a fad and way to win social media points all are pushing immature and emotionally damaged minds towards the alphabet crowd.

In past decades, kids who didn't "fit in" or had problems were punks, goths, metalheads, whatever other outlet outcasts were drawn to. I was a skater and goth in my depressed teen years.

Now those same kinds of kids are going trans, non-binary etc. as an outlet to gain acceptance and to "fit in". It's not a legitimate thing but a phase of their adolescence, only instead of embarrassing hairstyles and Myspace pics they are now often left with irreversible damage to their bodies or worse.