No doubt due to the fact that LGBTQ characters are dramatically over-represented in US media.

Likely because of significant overrepresentation in today's media/news.

For similar reasons, Americans consistently overestimate blacks and Hispanics' share of the US population. They estimate on average that 33% are black and 29% Hispanic when the true figure is less than 13% for each. <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3ncaz8/til_th...>