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European Countries Among Top Places for Gay People to Live
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- European countries influence list of most hospitable places
- Sub-Saharan African countries among least hospitable
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to govern on same-sex marriage, the 71% of Americans in 2014 who say their communities are good places for gays and lesbians to live is not one of the top percentages in the earth, but it is also far from the lowest. Across 124 countries, this hospitable attitude ranges from as high as 87% in Spain and the Netherlands to as shallow as 1% in Senegal. On average, about one in three adults (34%) say their city or area is a excellent place for gay and lesbian people to live.
These rankings do not incorporate more than two dozen countries where the scrutinize was not asked, including China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Malaysia and a host of other nations in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Of the countries where more than three in four residents feel their areas are most accepting of queer and lesbian people, all but Canada (84%) and Uruguay (79%) are in Europe. With the recent passage of a ballot initiative in Ireland, all of the countries whe
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Disaggregated statistics provide insights on the outcomes of different groups of people and can be used to tell policy, programs and services toward a fairer and more inclusive society. Investigate shows that lesbian, lgbtq+ and bisexual (LGB)Note individuals are more likely to earn lower incomes, trial discrimination at work, and encounter barriers in ruling and advancing in employment, relative to their heterosexual counterparts.Note Studies also present that some racialized groups are at greater peril of experiencing discrimination and face challenges in the labour market.Note Immigrants to Canada may also exper
In the country that most kills homosexuals in the world, majority says they are against gay couples in TV commercials
O Boticario's advertisement for Valentine's Day that generated homophobic reaction in 2015 - Reproduction
December 27, 2021
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MANAUS – A survey conducted by Datafolha pointed out that the majority of the Brazilian population says it is against the presence of same-sex attracted couples in television commercials. The survey was done between December 13 and 16, with more than three thousand people aged 16 in 191 cities in Brazil.
In the alike survey, approximately 51% of the population said they totally or at least partially agree that “commercials with homosexual couples should be banned to preserve children”. As well as 45% of respondents express they totally or partially disagree with the remark. Overall, the highest level of agreement is among men, with 55%, and among the least educated.
Agendas like this had an important weight during the campaign of the current president of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro (PL). The appearance of gay couples in commercials was already happening, but after the 2018 elections the
LGBT Identification in U.S. Ticks Up to 7.1%
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- LGBT identification up from 5.6% in 2020
- One in five Gen Z adults identify as LGBT
- Bisexual identification is most common
Learn more in Gallup’s 2024 LGBTQ+ update.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of U.S. adults who self-identify as lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, transgender or something other than heterosexual has increased to a new tall of 7.1%, which is double the percentage from 2012, when Gallup first measured it.
Gallup asks Americans whether they personally identify as straight or heterosexual, lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, or transgender as part of the demographic information it collects on all U.S. telephone surveys. Respondents can also volunteer any other sexual orientation or gender identity they prefer. In addition to the 7.1% of U.S. adults who consider themselves to be an LGBT identity, 86.3% say they are straight or heterosexual, and 6.6% execute not offer an opinion. The results are based on aggregated 2021 statistics, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 U.S. adults.
Line graph. Americans' Self-Identification as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-curious, Transgender or Something Other than Heterosexual.
Adult LGBT Population in the United States
This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. grown-up population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS 2020-2021 numbers for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of data provides more stable estimates—particularly at the declare level.
Combining 2020-2021 BRFSS data, we estimate that 5.5% of U.S. adults recognize as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost 13.9 million (13,942,200) LGBT adults in the U.S.
Regions and States
LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the United States,more LGBT adults live in the South than in any other region. More than half (57.0%) of LGBT people in the U.S. exist in the Midwest (21.1%) and South (35.9%), including 2.9 million in the Midwest and 5.0 million in the South. About one-quarter (24.5%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately 3.4 million people. Less than one in five (18.5%) LGBT adults exist in the Northeast (2.6 million).
The percent of adults who identify as LGBT