Survey across 153 countries links the effects of LGBT-phobia and economic insecurity

LGBTQ+ people face unequal treatment across different human societies. Several concomitant factors can contribute to this discrimination at various levels of society, resulting in diminished living conditions. In a study to be published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers from the CNRS1  and UNAIDS2  establish a link between LGBT-phobia and unfavourable socio-economic conditions. This outcome was achieved by analysing how prejudice manifests itself at institutional, community3  and family levels.

Based on the results of the Global LGBTQ+ Happiness Survey – an international survey conducted in 153 countries, gathering data from 82,354 participants – conducted in partnership with UNAIDS3 and the LGBT Foundation, this study characterises LGBT-phobia within institutions, communities and families. It reveals that family rejection is the most damaging form of LGBT-phobia on the well-being of those affected. The authors also show a link between LGBT-phobia rejection and unfavourable socio-economic status: the more economically precarious a person is, the greater the rejection they experience, and vice versa. This correlation is accentuated in countries with the greatest economic inequalities.

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