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Contents:
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- DISVER THE ULTIMATE GAY STLAND 10 DAYS ERARY
- GLASGOW OR EDBURGH IF YOU’RE GAY? - STLAND FOM
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
* gay population scotland *
This sectn provis an overview of the mographic rmatn available for lbian, gay, bisexual and other (LGBO) adults.
DISVER THE ULTIMATE GAY STLAND 10 DAYS ERARY
7 per cent of the UK populatn scribed themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual. The Annual Review of Human Rights Suatn of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People Europe, published by ILGA Europe (2016), ranks the UK as third Europe for LGBT rights wh a sre of 81 per cent followg Malta (88 per cent) and Belgium (82 per cent) - see the Rabow Map (Figure 7) [12] for untry parisons.
It par European untri on topics such as same sex marriage, parentg, asylum seekers, civil society and hate speech and homophobic vlence. 70% of gay/lbian participants report experiencg bullyg due to their sexual orientatn at school.
The vast majory of participants believe that homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are a problem, both across Stland as a whole, and their lol area. “Throughout the Life Stland document there are many sadng statistics but for me as a nrodivergent person the most hard htg was that 1 5 LGBT+ nrodiverse dividuals left school early due to homophobia, biphobia or transphobia. 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.
GLASGOW OR EDBURGH IF YOU’RE GAY? - STLAND FOM
5% of adults the Uned Stat intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual and an timated 0. 7% who intify as lbian or gay). Conversely, gay men prise substantially more than half of gay and bisexual men seven of the ne surveys.
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.
How many adults are lbian, gay, or bisexual? 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).
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
In six of the surveys, lbian- and gay-intified dividuals outnumbered bisexuals. In most s, the surveys were roughly 60% lbian/gay vers 40% bisexual. The UK Integrated Hoehold Survey found the proportn to be two-thirds lbian/gay vers one-third bisexual.