Why LGBT teens become cis-gender heterosexual as adults?

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A large population of teens that identify themselves as LGBT become cis-gender heterosexual years after in adulthood.
In neuro-typicals the percentages are like 30%-40% LGBT teens ends as 4%-8% LGBT adults. The majority end up as cis-gender heterosexual, so it is the majority of people that are out LGBT from the teenagers years. For autistic people the percentages are higher in LGBT identities, but still autistic kids that were able to change their mind.
Why some teens are able to get out LGBT identity in adulthood?
They were wrong? It was temporal? They decided differently? It was learned? What they discover and how? I'd like to hear your feedback.

"Extraordinary claims requite extraordinary evidence."

Saying this, I doubt what the OP said is true.

What could be true: many teens experiment with sex. Some of this experimentation includes exploring with the same gender. Just because somebody experiments with gay sex----doesn't mean the person is gay.

Anyway: so what if somebody is LBQT+. No skin off my back.

It’s not uncommon for people to wait to come out until they are away from a regressive family or community, so all things considered, I’m highly skeptical of the data in the OP.

I looked it up, an estimated 9.5% of American teens and 7.1% of American adults identify as LGBT+. There might be some people who are wrong about being LGBT+ and realize this as adults, but I think what's really going on here homophobia has decreased over time and many older adults are LGBT+ and in the closet because they grew up with so much homophobia.

I was an LGBT teenager. I certainly did NOT become cisgender heterosexual.

I just reviewed the forum. Some people asking for data to evidence that most teens with LGBT preferences change during adulthood. Let's start with the T(trans) of LGBT.
Eleven studies shows on average 80% of children change their minds and do not continue into adulthood as transgender.
CONCLUSION: Most children grow out of their gender dysphoria as they reach adolescence.
The study of 2021 cited shows 87.8% were classified as desisters, which is even higher than my initial estimates.

See article below referenced the studies:
Titled "Do children grow out of gender dysphoria?"
https://www.transgendertrend.com/children-change-minds/

80% - 87.8% of trans kids that do not longer identify as trans when adults.

Again, please share your feedback why, how do you think this happens ?

Here's a more recent study involving over 300 children:

A study of 127 individuals found that, of that group, 80% of them desisted, with no controls to determine other factors.

All the studies combined test less than 500 people, with no clarification of other factors which may be at play.

Simply stating outright, that "80%", is a massive misrepresentation of the actual numbers being surveyed.

As mentioned, this research is largely old, narrow, and hardly a basis for any meaningful conclusions.

However, even if we assume that the stats are broadly true, I'd wager that conversations like this, that minimize, dismiss, or belittle the authenticity of their experiences, might have something to do with it.