Perception of minorities

in the EU: LGBTI people

SHARE OF EUROPEANS THAT SAY THAT IN THEIR COUNTRY DISCRIMINATION
IS WIDESPREAD BASED ON

53% 48% 39%

SEXUAL BEING BEING
ORIENTATION TRANSGENDER INTERSEX

OF EUROPEANS AGREE GAY, LESBIAN OR

76% BISEXUAL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE
SAME RIGHTS AS HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE
This represents a 5 pp (percentage points)
increase since 2015 (76% vs 71%)

AGREEMENT THAT GAY, LESBIAN OR BISEXUAL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME
RIGHTS AS HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE VARIES WIDELY BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES*
Sweden France Italy Poland
98% 85% 68% 49%
Netherlands Belgium Greece Latvia
97% 84% 64% 49%
Spain Ireland Slovenia Hungary
91% 83% 64% 48%
UK Finland Cyprus Croatia
90% 80% 63% 44%
Denmark Portugal Czechia Bulgaria
89% 78% 57% 39%
Germany Malta Lithuania Romania
88% 73% 53% 38%
Luxembourg Austria Estonia Slovakia
87% 70% 53% 31%

72 % 69 %
OF EUROPEANS SAY THERE IS OF EUROPEANS BELIEVE
NOTHING WRONG IN A SEXUAL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO SHOULD BE ALLOWED
PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX THROUGHOUT EUROPE
This represents a 5 pp increase This represents an 8 pp increase
since 2015 (72% vs 67%) since 2015 (69% vs 61%)

*Based on total "Agree"

Source: Special Eurobarometer 493 - "Discrimination in the European Union". Fieldwork: May 2019
 Perception of minorities
in the EU: LGBTI people
SHARE OF EUROPEANS THAT SAY THAT THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE
WITH PUBLIC AFFECTION DISPLAYED BY*:

78% 53% 49%

A MAN AND TWO TWO
A WOMAN WOMEN MEN

59 % 46 %
OF EUROPEANS BELIEVE THAT AGREE THAT OFFICIAL
TRANSGENDER PERSONS SHOULD DOCUMENTS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR CIVIL OFFER A THIRD OPTION
DOCUMENTS TO MATCH THEIR (X OR O) BESIDES FEMALE
INNER GENDER IDENTITY AND MALE

A MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS THINK SCHOOL LESSONS AND

MATERIAL SHOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT DIVERSITY
IN TERMS OF:

71% 65% 65%

SEXUAL BEING BEING
ORIENTATION TRANSGENDER INTERSEX

SHARE OF EUROPEANS THAT SAY THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SEEING :

IN THE HIGHEST
A gay, lesbian or An intersex A transgender
ELECTED POSITION bisexual person person person
64% 54% 53%

AS A COLLEAGUE
AT WORK A gay, lesbian or An intersex A transgender
bisexual person person person
72% 66% 65%

IN A LOVE RELATIONSHIP
A person from An intersex A transgender
WITH ONE OF THEIR the same sex person person
CHILDREN
55% 44% 43%
*Scale: Uncomfortable (1 to 4), Moderately comfortable (5 and 6), Comfortable (7 to 10)
Source: Special Eurobarometer 493 - "Discrimination in the European Union". Fieldwork: May 2019