The analyses suggest that there are more than 8 million adults in the US who are LGB, comprising 3.5% of the adult population. This is split nearly evenly between lesbian/gay and bisexual identified individuals, 1.7% and 1.8%, respectively. There are also nearly 700,000 transgender individuals in the US.
The definition of cruel is someone or something that deliberately causes pain or suffering. An example of cruel is Hurricane Katrina. deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering; enjoying others' suffering; without mercy or pity. causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.
â¦ cruelly adv ADV with v Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings. 2 adj A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. ...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...