Worldwide, five in 10 respondents support LGBT people being open about their sexual orientation or gender identity with everyone. In a global survey conducted in 2021, 51 percent of respondents stated this. In addition, 50 percent of interviewees supported openly lesbian, gay and bisexual athletes to be part of sports teams.
Support for LGBT+ people's visibility worldwide as of 2021
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Statistics on LGBTQ+ worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic LGBT+ identification worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Distribution of sexual attraction worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Sexual attraction worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic LGBT+ identification worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Gender identity worldwide 2021, by country
Legal status
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- Basic Statistic Number of countries that criminalize homosexuality 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of countries that permit same-sex marriage 2022, by continent
- Basic Statistic Number of countries that permit same-sex marriage 2022, by legal procedure
- Basic Statistic Countries where same-sex acts between adults are legal 2020, by continent
- Basic Statistic Countries where same-sex acts in private are illegal 2020, by continent
- Basic Statistic Number of countries with bans against conversion therapy 2020, by continent
Coming out and equality
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- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ equality worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Engagement in activities involving or supporting LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Coming out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual of family member or friends 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Levels of openness about being LGBTI in Europe 2019, by group
- Premium Statistic Levels of openness about being LGBTI in Europe 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Opinions on rights of same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Opinions on adoption for same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
Support
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- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ equality worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Opinions on adoption for same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Opinion on ending friendships due to sex change surgery in the Netherlands 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinion on whether there is a problem with non-binary persons in the Netherlands 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinions on who should pay for sex change operation in the Netherlands 2020
Further related statistics
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- Attitudes towards homosexuality in Latin America 2016, by country
- Poll on the level of openness about being LGBTI in Hungary 2019
- Share of people avoiding holding same-sex partner's hands in public in Hungary 2019
- Poll on government's combating intolerance against LGBTI people in Hungary 2019
- Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
- American men and women who identify as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender, by state
- Share of LGBT people who have been discriminated against in France 2019, by context
- Opinions on gender 'X' on identity documents in the Netherlands 2018
- Opinions on transgender people marrying persons of their birth sex Japan 2017
- Opinions among Japanese whether transgender people have a form of mental illness 2017
- Opinion on transgender people in Japan 2017
- Proximity to transgender people in Japan 2017
- Opinions on whether transgender people hold a special place in Japanese society 2017
- Opinions on whether Japanese society is more tolerant towards transgender people 2017
- Opinion on transgender people's rights in Japan 2017
- Gogo's average monthly service revenue per aircraft online 2016-2021, by type
- Private jet customers' means of flight by aircraft type 2019
- High income Millennials' planned retirement age in the U.S. 2019
- Global epoxy resin demand for tooling and casting by region 2016-2025
- Global antimicrobial coatings market share by product type 2013
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Statistics
- Attitudes towards homosexuality in Latin America 2016, by country
- Poll on the level of openness about being LGBTI in Hungary 2019
- Share of people avoiding holding same-sex partner's hands in public in Hungary 2019
- Poll on government's combating intolerance against LGBTI people in Hungary 2019
- Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
- American men and women who identify as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender, by state
- Share of LGBT people who have been discriminated against in France 2019, by context
- Opinions on gender 'X' on identity documents in the Netherlands 2018
- Opinions on transgender people marrying persons of their birth sex Japan 2017
- Opinions among Japanese whether transgender people have a form of mental illness 2017
- Opinion on transgender people in Japan 2017
- Proximity to transgender people in Japan 2017
- Opinions on whether transgender people hold a special place in Japanese society 2017
- Opinions on whether Japanese society is more tolerant towards transgender people 2017
- Opinion on transgender people's rights in Japan 2017
- Gogo's average monthly service revenue per aircraft online 2016-2021, by type
- Private jet customers' means of flight by aircraft type 2019
- High income Millennials' planned retirement age in the U.S. 2019
- Global epoxy resin demand for tooling and casting by region 2016-2025
- Global antimicrobial coatings market share by product type 2013
Ipsos. (June 9, 2021). Support for LGBT+ people's visibility worldwide as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270231/support-lgbt-people-worldwide/
Ipsos. "Support for LGBT+ people's visibility worldwide as of 2021." Chart. June 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270231/support-lgbt-people-worldwide/
Ipsos. (2021). Support for LGBT+ people's visibility worldwide as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270231/support-lgbt-people-worldwide/
Ipsos. "Support for Lgbt+ People's Visibility Worldwide as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270231/support-lgbt-people-worldwide/
Ipsos, Support for LGBT+ people's visibility worldwide as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270231/support-lgbt-people-worldwide/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Support for LGBT+ people's visibility worldwide as of 2021 [Graph], Ipsos, June 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270231/support-lgbt-people-worldwide/