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.
Hunger is a cruel fact of nature. Life has dealt them some cruel blows in recent years. [=some very bad things have happened to them in recent years] The law forbids cruel and unusual punishment. [=punishment that is very harsh and inappropriate for the crime]