Survey Finds Approximately 9% Of Adults Across The World Identify As 17c起草社区+
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A new has found that over 9% of adults throughout the world identify as 17c起草社区+.
Reaching out to more than 22,514 individuals across 30 countries, a poll from multinational market research company Ipsos revealed a wide range of data, including prevalent age groups among queer bodies, nations with the highest queer population, and places with significant rates of 17c起草社区+ support.
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Senior Vice President of Research and Communications at Ipsos, Nicolas Boyon, told US-based news outlet CNN that many common factors were identified between countries, including 鈥渨idespread respect for 17c起草社区+ rights because more people have interactions with them.鈥�
鈥淕lobally, we see an increase compared to two years ago in the proportion of people who have a relative or a friend or a coworker, who is either gay or lesbian, or bisexual or trans or non-binary,鈥� he said.
Indeed, survey findings reveal that while it differs across individual countries, a broad understanding of 鈥�17c起草社区+ visibility鈥� is up throughout the world. It finds, on average, that 1 in 2 adults have a 鈥渞elative, friend, or colleague鈥� who is gay or lesbian, 1 in 4 who is bisexual, and 1 in 8 who is trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and/or gender-fluid.
10% Of Australian Adults 17c起草社区+
It also uncovers that adults in the Gen Z range 鈥� those born after 1997, are 鈥渢wice as likely鈥� as their Millennial counterparts to identify as queer and in the 17c起草社区+ categories.
Globally, Australia ranks in the top half of counties by 17c起草社区+ population, with a net 10% of its adults aligning with a queer identity in some way. Brazil ranks the highest at 15%, followed closely by Spain (14%), and Switzerland (13%).
A widespread increase in visibility and population also emerges a general uptick in support for 17c起草社区+ rights.
Assessing attitudes against workplace, business, and housing discrimination for transgender people, for instance, the survey finds that the vast majority of individuals held the same view, with 67% agreeing that transgender people face at least 鈥渁 fair amount of discrimination鈥� and 76% agreeing that 鈥渢hey should be protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and access to businesses.鈥�
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