Canada is home to approximately one ln people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir or who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+), acuntg for 4% of the total populatn aged 15 and olr 2018. To mark Pri Season, we are patg a mographic and social profile of Canada's diverse LGBTQ2+ muni.
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From “New Patterns of Poverty the Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Communy, ” Badgett, Durso, and Schneebm wre, “recent U. An earlier Williams Instute study and other rearch showed that lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people were also more vulnerable to beg poor, and this study updat and extends that earlier report. The Canadian Mental Health Associatn also highlights that although lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer-intified (LGBTQ) people are as diverse as the general Canadian populatn their experienc of mental health and well-beg, they face higher risks for some mental health issu due to the effects of discrimatn and the social termants of health.
Further, poverty is experienced uniquely at each of the tersectns; for example, LGBTQ2S newers to Canada are disadvantaged by both racism and homophobia, and Two-Spir people experience credibly high rat of poverty and homelsns. Pri Season brgs together members of diverse muni who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir, or those who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+) and alli celebratg one of Canada's greatt strengths that is diversy and cln.
Much of the data this release foc on LGB Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual), sce Statistics Canada has been llectg tailed rmatn on the muni sce 2003.