Key Statistics
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of LGBTIQ+ people hide their sexuality or gender identity at social and community events.
of people who are gay or lesbian have experienced workplace sexual harassment in the past five years.
of young LGBTQ+ people aged between 14-21 years old had felt unsafe at secondary school.
LGBTIQA+ employees are twice as likely to be victims of workplace discrimination as their non-LGBTIQA+ colleagues.
have witnessed or experienced homophobia in sport with homophobic language the most common.
Australians in the workplace don't ever see themselves becoming an ally to LGBTIQA+ communities.
Compared to the general population, LGBTIQ people are two and a half times more likely to have been diagnosed or treated for a mental health condition in the past 12 months.
believe an openly gay person would not be very safe as a spectator at a sporting event.
of the population identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual. This figure is higher among people younger than 25 in Australia — rising to 4% for male and around 7% for female.
Up to 1% of people identify as transgender or gender diverse.
Up to 1.7% of the population are intersex or have an intersex variation.
of transgender, gender diverse and non-binary people experience homelessness compared to cisgender people (37%).
of workers who identify as bisexual are out to everyone with whom they work.
Nearly half of Australian sporting clubs involved in a 2020 Monash University and VicHealth study still believe being gay is wrong or unnatural.
Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?
Nearly 40% of eligible Australians (almost 5 million) voted “no” in Australia’s marriage postal survey in 2017.
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