How Many People are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr? - Williams Instute

Contents:

• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

The uc also me out agast the recent one-year abstence policy the Food and Dg Admistratn implemented after endg s lifelong ban of gay and bisexual blood members of Congrs troduced a bill 2015 that would update the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to fully protect people based on genr and sexual orientatn unr a new Equaly Act. The group llected data on 1, 036 cints of hate vlence om 12 lol NCAVP member anizatns 11 stat for s 20th annual report, "Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and HIV-Affected Hate Vlence 2016. It was never a guarantee their liv were are jt some of the crim mted agast LGBTQ people 2016:In April 2016, Steven Nelson, a whe cisgenr gay male, died a hospal after beg btally beaten by Kelly Schneir, a man he had arranged an onle enunter wh on the webse Schneir lured Nelson to an isolated area, then beat him wh steel-toed boots while g anti-gay slurs.

26% of gay men and 37% of bisexual men experience rape, physil vlence, and/or stalkg by an timate partner, pared wh 29% of heterosexual men. "I thk that sparg yourself om some of that — whether that's ternalized homophobia or whatever is — be a safety mechanism, " Haton said. Printial victory, 2016 was a turbulent year for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people and transgenr rights took more promence than ever the global media spotlight after several high-profile legal battl, and celebry and cultural LGBTQ people worldwi still face discrimatn many aspects of life such as employment, tn and health re, and are subjected to wispread vlence, advot say.

However, gay and transgenr rights groups are beg creasgly backed, and are fightg to change polici and laws to protect LGBTQ people om vlence and are five of the biggt gas for LGBTQ rights 2016:1) Uned Natns appots first LGBTQ rights vtigatorV Muntarbhorn speaks wh the UN prs Lohr-Jon - Pacific Prs / LightRocket via Getty ImagThe Uned Natns September appoted s first LGBTQ rights pennt vtigator to help protect sexual and genr mori worldwi om vlence and Muntarbhorn's three-year role was created by the U. Horac Villalobos / Corbis via Getty ImagMalta beme the first untry Europe to ban nversn therapy, a much-cricized and discreded practice that aims to change sexual orientatn, genr inty or genr southern Mederranean island natn crimalized nversn practic -- often referred to as "gay cure" therapi -- wh s parliament llg a "ceptive and harmful act" who prcribe or perform the therapy n be punished wh f of up to 10, 000 ros ($10, 400) and one year is wily nsired as one of the most progrsive natns Europe when to LGBTQ rights, havg ma a raft of legal and social chang recent has troduced LGBTQ-clive tn, passed same-sex civil unns and allowed transgenr people to change their legal genr whout any medil or state terventn.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

4) Belize scraps lonial-era anti-homosexualy lawBelize LGBTQ Activist Caleb OrozCaleb OrozBelize's Supreme Court September led that a lonial-era law crimalizg homosexualy was unnstutnal, a judgment LGBTQ activists say will boost efforts to abolish anti-gay laws other former Brish loni the law, which punished gay sex wh up to 10 years prison, was scrapped after years of advocy by the gay rights activist Caleb Oroz of the Uned Belize Advocy Movement. RELATED: Belize Supreme Court Overturns Anti-Gay LawBelize beme the third untry to crimalize gay sex 2016, along wh the South Pacific island of N and the Seychell, an Indian Ocean archipelago, acrdg to the U. 5) Bety pageants, film dtry she spotlight on LGBTQ issuFrom the first openly lbian Miss Ameri nttant and Israel's gural transgenr bety pageant to Emmy awards for the h transgenr TV seri "Transparent", the entertament dtry is shg a bigger spotlight on LGBTQ stars and populary of shows recent years like "Orange Is the New Black" and movi such as "The Danish Girl", which feature transgenr stars or foc on issu facg gay and transgenr people, have seen LGBTQ rights bee mastream the this succs amid ntroversy wh the LGBTQ muny over how transgenr people are portrayed, and over the stg of straight men and women transgenr rol.

The fight for digny and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people is reflected the tirels ditn of advot and alli who strive to fe a more clive society.

We rema mted to addrsg health dispari the LGBT muny -- gay and bisexual men and transgenr women of lor are at a particularly high risk for HIV, and we have worked to strengthen our Natnal HIV/AIDS Strategy to rce new fectns, crease accs to re, and improve health out for people livg wh HIV. Durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month, as Amerins wave their flags of pri high and march boldly forward paras and monstratns, let celebrate how far we have e and reaffirm our steadfast belief the equal digny of all Amerins.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2016 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month. Increasg numbers of populatn-based surveys the Uned Stat and across the world clu qutns that allow for an timate of the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn.

Unrstandg the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn is a cril first step to rmg a host of public policy and rearch topics. In measurg sexual orientatn, lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals may be intified strictly based on their self-inty or may be possible to nsir same-sex sexual behavr or sexual attractn.

Fdgs shown Figure 1 nsir timat of the percentage of adults who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual across ne surveys nducted wh the past seven years. While the surveys show a fairly wi variatn the overall percentage of adults who intify as LGB, the proportn who intify as lbian/gay vers bisexual is somewhat more nsistent (see Figure 2).

The Natnal Survey of Fay Growth found rults that were sentially the oppose of the UK survey wh only 38% intifyg as lbian or gay pared to 62% intifyg as bisexual. The Natnal Survey of Sexual Health and Behavr and the Atralian Longudal Study of Health and Relatnships both found a majory of rponnts (55% and 59%, rpectively) intifyg as surveys show even greater nsistency differenc between men and women associated wh lbian/gay vers bisexual inty. Wh the surveys, a larger actn of adults report same-sex attractns and behavrs than self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (see Figure 4).

Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. Gallup asks Amerins whether they personally intify as straight or heterosexual, lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr as part of the mographic rmatn llects on all U.

Bisexual is the most mon LGBT stat among Gen Z, lennials, and Gen X, while olr Amerins are about as likely to say they are gay or lbian as to say they are bisexual. The young adults are g of age, cludg g to terms wh their sexualy or genr inty, at a time when Amerins creasgly accept gays, lbians and transgenr people, and LGBT dividuals enjoy creasg legal protectn agast discrimatn.

The term "lear" clus the office of print, speaker and puty speaker of parliament, bet mister, member of parliament, judicial officers, ambassadors, electoral missners, missner of police, chief jtice, 3Homosexual activy be May 2016, the parliament enacted the "Crim Act 2016" which do not nta provisns crimalizg same-sex sexual activyJuneLegal regnn of non-bary genr be vari by provc allowed "X" as a genr inty on drivers licens and birth certifit. May 27LGBT hog discrimatn be no employment discrimatn be no 20Same-sex marriage be Marriage beme legal Campeche on May 20, 2016 after a vote of 34-1May 19Homosexual activy be illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Homosexualy is currently 14LGBT discrimatn be 12Same-sex marriage be Marriage was legal Sonora for 6 days before the ernor announced to keep the policy before which was to get a urt marriage be Marriage beme legal Jalis on May 12, 2016 after The Mexin Supreme Court legalized the stateMay 11Same-sex marriage be civil 's parliament has backed same-sex civil unns. Civil unns gave gay upl all the rights and duti of marriage except jot 9LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr 17 Febary 2016, the ernment troduced anti-discrimatn bill, which prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn, among others, polil, enomic, social, cultural, civil and other areas. Across the five years of data llectn, more than 49, 000 rponnts said "y" when asked, "Do you, personally, intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr?

In addn to beg able to intify whether they are lbian, gay, bisexual or straight, rponnts may also specifilly intify whether they are transgenr. At a time when Amerins are creasgly supportive of equal rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people, a growg percentage of Amerins intify themselv as LGBT. This IDAHOT, Amnty Internatnal nmns the ongog discrimatn, vlence, and nial of fundamental human rights faced by lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people around the world.