'We're part of Cha's populatn': Gay upl seek regnn cens

Cha has the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn. This study asssed the discrimatn experienced by LGBT dividuals Cha a prehensive way, verg discrimatn perpetrated by fay, media, medil servic, relig muni, schools, social servic, and the workplace. The current study volved a natnal survey of 31 provc and tonomo regns. Discrimatn was measured both terms of heterosexual participants’ attus towards LGBT dividuals, and LGBT participants’ self-perceived discrimatn. Pearson rrelatn analysis was performed to exame the difference between heterosexual participants’ attus towards LGBT dividuals and LGBT participants’ self-perceived discrimatn. Lear regrsn was ed to vtigate the associatn between gross domtic product per pa and discrimatn. Among 29,125 participants, 2066 (7.1%) intified as lbian, 9491 (32.6%) as gay, 3441 (11.8%) as bisexual, 3195 (11.0%) as transgenr, and 10,932 (37.5%) as heterosexual. Heterosexual people were generally iendly towards the LGBT muny wh a mean sre of 21.9 (SD = 2.7, total sle sre = 100) and the grand averaged sre of self-perceived discrimatn by LGBT participants was 49.9 (SD = 2.5). Self-perceived discrimatn om fay and social servic is particularly severe. We created a seri of provcial level choropleth maps showg heterosexual participants’ acceptance towards the LGBT muny, and self-perceived discrimatn reported by members of the LGBT muny. We found that a higher level of enomic velopment provc was associated wh a crease discrimatn, and we intified that every 100 thoand RMB crease per pa GDP lead to a 6.4% crease discrimatory events perpetrated by heterosexuals. Che LGBT groups nsistently experience discrimatn var aspects of their daily liv. The prevalence of this discrimatn is associated wh the enomic velopment of the provce which occurs. In orr to rce discrimatn, is important for future studi to disver the unrlyg reasons for discrimatn agast LGBT dividuals Cha.