70% of LGBTQ Americans face discrimination

• LGBTQ people still face a higher risk of discrimination despite gains in visibility and public understanding.
• 70 percent of LGBTQ Americans reported that within the previous two years, discrimination against the community has risen.
• These include discrimination in the job, on social media, in public places, and even inside the family.

According to GLAAD’s Accelerating Acceptance survey, which was released on Wednesday, LGBTQ people still face a higher risk of discrimination despite gains in visibility and public understanding.

According to a survey by GLAAD, 70 percent of LGBTQ Americans reported that within the previous two years, discrimination against the community has risen in the job, on social media, in public places, and even inside the family. Every year, a survey is conducted to gauge “Americans’ sentiments and comfort level toward LGBTQ Americans.”

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Given the recent wave of laws targeting LGBTQ individuals, the increase is not unexpected, according to Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD. This includes things like book prohibitions, access to school athletics, and censorship in the classroom. Nearly 250 anti-LGBTQ measures have been submitted nationwide in state legislatures just in 2022.

Ellis tells USA TODAY, “You’re witnessing a culture being formed that is terribly harmful for our community.”

For the Accelerating Acceptance report, GLAAD conducted two online studies: one in February 2022 with a nationwide sample of 2,536 U.S. adults and the other from April 28 to May 9, 2022, with a national sample of 1,705 U.S. LGBTQ individuals.

The study’s findings provide LGBTQ individuals and their allies with an opportunity to consider the environment that now surrounds the LGBTQ community as well as the underlying problems that have contributed to it.

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Adults from Generation Z, transgender people, and nonbinary individuals report experiencing increasing discrimination.

Compared to previous generations, Gen Z adults are more openly LGBTQ. But in comparison to the rest of the community, they have also reported experiencing more discrimination during the past two years. The percentage of LGBT Gen Zers who have experienced aggression based on their sexual orientation is 67%, and the percentage who have experienced aggression based on their gender identity or expression is 56%.

For Gen Z adults, whose ease with their LGBTQ identities makes them targets for ignorance, visibility has previously been described by Ellis as a “double-edged” sword for the LGBTQ community. Being visible is crucial for increasing acceptance, but it also increases our susceptibility to prejudice, according to her.

Transgender and nonbinary persons are struggling with a strong sense of danger in their own communities amid this rise in LGBTQ prejudice. Compared to 36 percent of all LGBTQ adults, 54 percent of trans and nonbinary people report feeling unsafe while out and about in their communities. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 14 trans individuals have been “fatally shot or killed by other brutal ways” in 2022.

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Ellis claims that this information gap contributes to discrimination against trans and nonbinary people. According to a GLAAD study, 78 percent of non-LGBTQ adults “inaccurately equate the word ‘LGBTQ’ with being largely about sexual orientation.”

According to Ellis, there is a direct connection since we are aware that fear arises from ignorance and that visibility is a teaching tool. “We know from research and studies that Americans do want to see more LGBTQ persons because it helps them understand and accept our community, which we know provides a safe atmosphere for us,” the statement continues.