More Than Half of LGBTQ Adults Have Been Threatened with Violence

New study and data interactive presents findings from two nationally representative studies of cisgender LGBQ and transgender adults
An estimated 53% of LGBTQ adults report having experienced threats of violence since the age of 18, and three out of four had been verbally insulted or abused. The findings are part of a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law that merged data from two related nationally representative studies, Generations and TransPop, to examine similarities and differences across a variety of LGBTQ-relevant topics among key subgroups of LGBTQ people—GBQ cisgender men, LBQ cisgender women, and transgender people. KEY FINDINGS LBQ cis women (48%) and transgender people (48%) were more likely than GBQ cis men (32%) to be living in a low-income household.
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