Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International
Homophobia is impacting the well-being and happiness of LGBTQ+ people across the world, and in our region, over half of LGBTQ+ people surveyed in the Asia Pacific reported that they are either struggling or suffering. The global study, which looked at levels of homophobia and happiness in the LGBTQ+ community, found that communities in Latin America reported the lowest levels of suffering and the highest share of participants thriving in life (52%), while LGBTQ+ participants living in the Middle East and North Africa reported both the highest levels of suffering. The researchers found that family, community and country-level homophobia were all strongly linked with poorer well-being in sexual and gender diverse people, but being economically secure could lessen the weight of homophobia.
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