I am so incredibly sick of people implying that cis straight people are oppressed and discriminated against systematically in the same way LGBT people are. I’m sick of people outright saying that lesbians and gay men aren’t /that/ oppressed. These are all sourced statistics I have found in the past hour, one of these actually delve that deep into the specific oppression of certain groups (lesbophobia, transmisogyny, biphobia etc) as that would be a long text post. I hope that this gives the discourse some context and really highlights why LGBT need safe spaces and specialized supports.
-It is illegal to be gay in 72 countries.
– Participation in same sex behaviors can be punished by death in 13 countries
– It is only legal in 26 countries for gay people to get married.
-Approx 1 in 10 hetero women experience rape/sexual assault, whereas 1 in 8 lesbians experience sexual violence and 1 in 5 bi women
– Approx 47% of all trans people experience sexual violence, rates were reported higher by trans people of colour (with african americans experiencing a rate of 53%, middle eastern 58%, multiracial 59% and native americans reported a 65% of sexual violence in the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey)
– 1 in 10 trans people who are out to their family have experienced violence from a family member
– 8% of trans people responded to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey saying that they’d been forced out of home. 54% of trans people (who were perceived trans at school) were harassed, 24% physically attacked, 17% forced to change schools.
– LGB persons aged 16-27 have a suicide rate five times their cishet counterparts, while trans people are 11 times more likely. LGBT people are also more likely to fit diagnostic criteria for mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
-LGBT people are 120% more likely to experience homelessness than straight cis people, this can explain why 20% of the juvenile justice system is made up of lgbt teens.
– Trans people have an unemployment rate between three and four times higher than the national average (in the US)
– 1 in four American LGBT people have reported experiencing workplace discrimination, this is nearly double for poc.
– Just below 1 in 10 have had to quit jobs due to workplace harassment
– 61% of LGBT people report verbal harassment, 18% report physical harassment and 9% report other instances of harassment (social exclusion, online abuse, humiliation tactics, etc)
– Nearly half of LGBT people attempt to hide their gender identity or sexuality in public for fear of discrimination
– 24% of wlw are poor compared to their hetero (cis) counterparts who only experience it at a rate of 19%
– American transgender people are four times more likely to have a household income of >$10,000
– In 2014 more than 1 in 4 LGBT adults struggled with putting food on the table
Mental Health Statistics of LGBT People
2010 Key Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation
2017 Workplace Equality Fact Sheet
More Facts and Statistics on LGBT oppression
Poverty and Job Statistics of LGBT people
Discrimination of LGBT People in the Youth Justice System
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