• USA TODAY - LGBTQ acceptance among young people …

    2019/06/24 · Young people are growing less tolerant of LGBTQ individuals, a GLAAD acceptance survey shows, and advocates say a toxic culture may be to blame. Two recent high-profile incidents: On June 16, a ...

  • U.S. Homosexuality - Statistics & Facts | Statista

    2017/06/09 · Homosexuality in the United States Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender 2012-2017 Americans who …

  • LGBTQ acceptance on the decline among young …

    2019/06/26 · On the other hand, the oldest generation of Americans made great strides in acceptance between 2017 and 2018. For example, although adults age 72 and older were generally less accepting of the ...

  • TIME - GLAAD: Millennials Grow 'Uncomfortable' With ...

    2019/06/25 · In a new "Acceptance Index" survey from GLAAD, the percentage of millennials considered LGBT allies dropped sharply. The rise in young people identifying as LGBTQ doesn’t negate the rise of ...

  • About the Data - Williams Institute

    2017/12/31 · About the data Analysis in this interactive utilize data collected for the Gallup Daily Tracking survey. Respondents were obtained through list-assisted random digit dial (70% cell phone, 30% landline) and randomly assigned to one of two surveys within the Daily Tracking survey—the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index or the Gallup Politics …

  • Global LGBTQ acceptance more polarized, new research …

    2018/05/03 · Average levels of acceptance for LGBTQ people and their rights have increased globally since 1980, but acceptance has become more polarized, according to new research from the Williams Institute ...

  • More in Japan identify as LGBT as social awareness …

    2019/01/11 · More in Japan identify as LGBT as social awareness grows, study finds Kyodo Jan 11, 2019 Article history Online : Jan 11, 2019 Last Modified: Jan 12, 2019 PRINT SHARE At least 1 in 11 people in ...

  • LGBT Suicide Statistics in Teens | Newport Academy

    2019/05/06 · Moreover, suicide rates among older LGBT youth are also higher than rates among heterosexual teens. The research, published in early 2019, comes on the heels of a 2018 review study that found LGBT teenagers overall are three times as likely to attempt suicide as their heterosexual peers.

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  • National LGBT Survey: Summary report - GOV.UK

    2018/09/27 · We have made great strides in recent decades in our acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, who make a vital contribution to our culture and to our economy.

  • GLAAD’s 2019 Accelerating Acceptance Index: Results ...

    2019/06/24 · Today, GLAAD announced the findings of its fifth annual Accelerating Acceptance Index, a national survey among U.S. adults conducted on GLAAD’s behalf by The Harris Poll.The Index measures American attitudes

  • LGBT Youth | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender ...

    Ryan C, Russell ST, Huebner D, Diaz R, Sanchez J. Family acceptance in adolescence and the health of LGBT young adults. External J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs 2010; 23(4): 205-13. Ryan C, Huebner D, Diaz RM, Sanchez J. Family rejection as a predictor of negative health outcomes in white and Latino lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults.

  • PEOPLE.com - LGBTQ Acceptance Among Young Adults ...

    2019/06/24 · A new survey shows young adults in the U.S. are now less accepting of LGBTQ people, GLAAD announced on Monday. The fifth iteration of the Accelerating Acceptance Index, conducted for the advocacy ...

  • Acceptance rates of LGBTQ2 people declining among …

    2019/06/26 · This is the second year that acceptance rates have dropped among people aged 18 to 34 in the U.S. “That’s a factor that would not just affect LGBTQ2 issues but potentially others, too ...

  • African-American LGBT community - Wikipedia

    A Gallup survey shows that acceptance rates went from 38% in 1992 to 52% in 2001. [2] However, when looking at the LGBT community through a racial lens, the Black community lacks many of these advantages.

  • LGBT - Wikipedia

    LGBT (or GLBT) is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s.[4] Activists believed that the term gay community did not accurately ...

  • LGBT Health | Acceptance Rate - Academic Accelerator

    LGBT Health Acceptance Rate, Rejection Rate, Publish Competitiveness, Journal Reputation & Annual Article Number - Academic Accelerator The definition of journal acceptance rate is the percentage of all articles submitted to LGBT Health that was accepted for publication. that was accepted for publication.

  • Mental Health in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender ...

    2016/03/28 · Today’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth come out at younger ages, and public support for LGBT issues has dramatically increased, so why do LGBT youth continue to be at high risk for ...

  • Mental health statistics: LGBT people | Mental Health …

    2020/01/16 · Home » Statistics » Mental health statistics: LGBT people Mental health statistics: LGBT people Lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender people may be more susceptible to mental health problems than heterosexual people due to a range of factors, including discrimination and inequalities.

  • Dying for Acceptance: Suicide Rates in the LGBTQ ...

    Dying for Acceptance: Suicide Rates in the LGBTQ Community When disclosing the truth of your reality exposes the harshness of others. Often times in our lives we find ourselves wondering: “Who ...

  • Accelerating Acceptance 2019 - GLAAD

    Accelerating Acceptance EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2019 Five years ago, GLAAD partnered with The Harris Poll to launch a unique index to measure Americans’ attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 2 ...

  • 5 key findings about LGBT Americans | Pew Research …

    2017/06/13 · Perhaps as a result of this growing acceptance, the number of people who identify as LGBT in surveys is also rising. About 10 million people, or 4.1% of the U.S. adult population, identified as LGBT in 2016, according to the latest estimates from Gallup .

  • Americans less accepting of LGBT people in 2017

    2018/01/25 · For the first time in four years, Americans are less accepting of LGBT people, a survey finds — a setback activists say is stunning but not unexpected after a turbulent 2017. Fewer than half of ...

  • The Global Divide on Homosexuality | Pew Research …

    2013/06/04 · There is a strong relationship between a country’s religiosity and opinions about homosexuality. 2 There is far less acceptance of homosexuality in countries where religion is central to people’s lives – measured by whether they consider religion to be very important, whether they believe it is necessary to believe in God in order to be …

  • Human Rights Campaign - Growing Up LGBT in …

    2016/06/22 · Growing Up LGBT in America HRC’s report, Growing Up LGBT in America, is a groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17. It provides a stark picture of the difficulties they face — the impact on their well-being is profound, however these youth are quite resilient.

  • LGBTQ Students – PNPI

    2018/12/07 · LGBTQ Students in Higher Education While over 200 LGBTQ centers exist on college campuses across the country, there is limited data about LGBTQ students in higher education. But research shows that as early as high school, LGBTQ students face challenges that factor into their college enrollment and college …

  • Poll: Young Americans’ LGBTQ Acceptance Drops 63% …

    2019/06/27 · Poll: Young Americans’ LGBTQ Acceptance Plunges 63% to 45% in Two Years 3,193 GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images Dr. Susan Berry 27 Jun 2019 A survey produced by the Harris Poll in partnership with Gay & Lesbian report ...

  • Millennials, Gen Z growing more uncomfortable with LGBT ...

    2019/06/29 · "While young people are identifying as LGBT in higher rates than ever before, there has also been an uptick in non-LGBT young people pushing back against acceptance," GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis, noted in the report.

  • Discrimination Against LGBT Youth in US Schools | HRW

    2017/06/06 · LGBT inclusive sex ed saves lives. LGBT students are not being heard at all, in any class. And there’s research saying the unintended pregnancy rates among LGBT youth is higher than straight ...

  • 2018 LGBTQ Youth Report | Human Rights Campaign

    2018/05/16 · HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut released the largest-of-its-kind survey ever of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers across the nation, revealing in distressing detail the persistent challenges so many of

  • A Survey of LGBT Americans | Pew Research Center

    2019/12/30 · A Survey of LGBT Americans An overwhelming share of America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults (92%) say society has become more accepting of them in the past decade and an equal number expect it to grow even more accepting in the decade ahead.

  • Religious Conflict, Sexual Identity, and Suicidal Behaviors ...

    INTRODUCTION Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young adults are at disproportionate risk for experiencing distress and abuse. A recent meta-analysis by Friedman et al. (2011) found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents report higher rates of abuse, victimization, and bullying than their heterosexual peers.

  • Acceptance of LGBT Sinking Among the Youth, and It's ...

    2019/06/26 · Despite decades of effort by the LGBT community to push acceptance, sometimes to the point of force, a recent poll found that approval among the younger generation is on the decline. According to USA Today, a new Harris poll taken on behalf of GLAAD released on Monday showed that a significant decline has occurred in terms of how those aged 18 to 34 feel about the LGBT …

  • Why Are Suicide Rates Higher Among LGBTQ Youth ...

    Sexual minorities face unique risk factors. Various theories abound as to why rates of suicide and/or suicidal ideation are higher among youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ...

  • The 20 most and least gay-friendly countries in the world ...

    2013/06/26 · A recent study shows which countries have gay pride and which close their doors to the LGBT community The 20 most and least gay-friendly countries in the world | The World from PRX Skip to content

  • Explainer: the state of LGBT rights today | World …

    2020/05/01 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the …

  • 82 Interesting LGBT Facts and Figures | Fact Retriever

    2019/10/04 · The planet Mercury is a symbol used by the transgendered community. The sign for Mercury is a crescent shape and a cross, which represents the male and female principles in harmony in an individual. Additionally, the god Mercury fathered Hermaphroditus, who had both male and female sex organs.

  • Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT ...

    2010/11/15 · ISSUE: The role of family acceptance as a protective factor for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adolescents and young adults has not been established. METHODS: A quantitative measure...

  • SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY ...

    LGBT persons in the workplace is a significant factor in socioeconomic differences for LGBT persons (McGarrity, 2014). Marginalization of LGBT Youth A lack of acceptance and fear of persecution can lead many LGBT youth to

  • Discrimination Against LGBT Youth in US Schools | HRW

    2017/06/06 · LGBT inclusive sex ed saves lives. LGBT students are not being heard at all, in any class. And there’s research saying the unintended pregnancy rates among LGBT youth is higher than straight ...

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health | CDC

    People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are members of every community. They are diverse, come from all walks of life, and include people of all races and ethnicities, all ages, all socioeconomic statuses, and ...

  • Family Acceptance Is The Biggest Factor For Positive LGBT ...

    ThinkProgress asked Ryan what exactly constitutes “acceptance.” For example, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, recently told families that they should not kick their LGBT kids out of the house or be ashamed of them. ...

  • History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Social ...

    2009/10/22 · This acceptance of performance artists, and the popularity of “drag” humor cross-culturally, did not necessarily mark the start of transgender advocacy, but made the arts an often accepting sanctuary for LGBT individuals who built

  • LGBT Rights in Japan | Equaldex

    2008/01/01 · LGBT Rights in Japan: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender, donating blood, age of consent, and more. In a 2008 report by the UN Human Rights Committee, they expressed concern about discrimination against LGBT people in …

  • For First Time in Years, LGBT Acceptance Declining

    Claiming that awareness and acceptance of LGBT issues have been increasing since 2014, it asserts, "This year, the acceptance pendulum abruptly stopped and swung in the opposite direction," adding ...

  • • Statista - LGBT - American adults who identify as ...

    Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender 2012-2017 Americans who identify as LGBT from 2012-2017, by gender Americans who identify as LGBT from 2012-2017, by generation ...

  • The Independent - Britain reaching 'peak acceptance' for LGBT ...

    2018/05/17 · The study also said that in 2010, 60 per cent of the age group who attended religious services at least once a week viewed homosexuality as always wrong - down from 68 per cent in 1990. This ...

  • Lgbt Quotes (933 quotes) - Goodreads

    933 quotes have been tagged as lgbt: Pete Wentz: ‘We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is so gay,” or “Those guys are fags.” Gay is not a synonym...

  • Suicide rates fall after gay marriage legalised in Sweden …

    2019/11/14 · Suicide rates among those in same-sex relationships have fallen significantly in both Denmark and Sweden since the legalisation of gay marriage, according to a study, although whatever their ...