LGBT
Explore Â鶹´«Ã½AV's research.
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While LGBTQ+ Americans view society as having become more accepting, one in four have received poor treatment or harassment in the past year.
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Nearly half of people worldwide view their area as a good place for gay or lesbian people to live. Perceptions of acceptance have increased in 11 countries and decreased in 12.
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Americans remain largely supportive of the legalization of same-sex marriages, and a majority believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable.
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A slim majority of U.S. adults say changing one's gender is morally wrong, but only about a third favor laws banning gender-affirming care for minors.
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LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to inch up, with 7.6% of all U.S. adults, and more than one in five Gen Z adults, identifying this way.
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LGBT Americans are more interested than non-LGBT adults in fostering or adoption, and are facing discrimination as a major barrier, reveals a 2023 Kidsave-Â鶹´«Ã½AV study.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV and Walton Family Foundation find LGB Gen Z adults face heightened anxiety, sadness, stress and loneliness compared with their peers.
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For the first time in Â鶹´«Ã½AV World Poll's trend dating back to 2006, a majority of people (52%) worldwide say their city or area is a "good place" for gay or lesbian people to live.
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Views on the morality of a variety of practices are largely stable, though fewer say same-sex relations are morally OK and more say the death penalty is.
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Americans are less supportive than two years ago of transgender athletes being allowed to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity.
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Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Â鶹´«Ã½AV recorded in 2022.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV estimates that 7.2% of the U.S. adult population is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual.
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Whether reflecting the remnants of the pandemic or the difficulty of inflation, Americans remain sour about the state of the union.
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Married or cohabiting U.S. adults in LGBQ+ relationships face greater stress than those in heterosexual relationships, implying different pandemic responses.
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Where does the public stand on abortion, critical race theory and gender identity issues?
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LGBT employees who don't feel seen, heard or valued are less likely to strive for high performance or see a future in their current organization.
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Half of the world's adults (50%) now say their city or area is a "good place" for gay and lesbian people to live -- a figure that has doubled over the past decade and represents a new high in Â鶹´«Ã½AV World Poll's trend dating back to 2005.
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Birth control and divorce remain the most morally acceptable of 19 issues measured, and extramarital affairs and cloning humans the most morally wrong.
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LGBT identification has increased significantly among Black, White and Hispanic adults in the U.S. since 2012.