More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone
Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.
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Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.
On balance, people in middle-income countries are more likely to say they would be uncomfortable than comfortable if they had a child who came out as gay or lesbian.
Sort through nearly 40 jurisdictions that have enacted laws allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.
How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view Obergefell’s impact on social acceptance for LGBTQ people, 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Two-thirds of U.S. adults favor laws and policies that require trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex assigned at birth.
Fewer than four-in-ten teens (36%) say they know someone who’s transgender, and 28% know someone who’s nonbinary.
We took a closer look at how Americans’ views and experiences have evolved on a variety of topics over the last 20 years.
We asked public K-12 teachers, teens and U.S. adults how they see topics related to race and LGBTQ issues playing out in the classroom.
A median of 49% of people in 12 places in Asia say they at least somewhat favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally.
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
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