Spain is the country with the highest acceptance LGBTIQ +, according to a British survey
Spain is positioned as the country with the most support LGBTIQ + (91%) versus France with only 57%, according to a British survey of YouGov. Among the countries surveyed, Spain It has the highest percentage of people who identify themselves within the group (10%) and the majority of heterosexual Spaniards have a relative or close friend who is part of the community 55%. This leaves only one in three people (33%) not having a personal relationship with people who are not binary or bisexual, gay or lesbian.
On the other hand, when asking how they would react if a son, brother or close relative declared himself gay, lesbian or bisexual, 91% of Spaniards would support him, while if he were transgender or non-binary, the percentage of support falls to 87%. The data recorded in Franceranked in this survey as the country with the lowest levels of support.
85% of Britons would be supportive if a family member came out as lesbian, gay or bisexual. How this compares to different western countries:
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CIS survey
En Spain, previous years Spaniards have been asked in surveys of the Sociological Research Center (CIS) on your opinion of same-sex marriage. 64,3% said they approved it in full in 2016, while in 2013 it was 59,8%, that is, the favorable perception rose 4,5 points in three years. In the survey of CIS on Social and Affective Relationships in Times of a COVID-19 Pandemic In May and June 2021, 1,9% claimed to be homosexual and 2,3% bisexual, while 93,9% claimed to be heterosexual, although no questions were mentioned in relation to the group LGBTIQ +.
What happens in other countries?
En France, three out of five people (only 57%) would support a close family member if they came out as gay, lesbian or bisexual. The percentage drops to 47% in the case of referring to a transgender or non-binary relative. Another noteworthy fact is the case of Sweden, where two thirds of the population (65%) affirm that they do not have any close friends or relatives who are LGBTIQ +, the highest proportion among the countries surveyed. Still it still stands above France, USA y Germany in terms of support for the collective compared to other western countries.
Although there are countries where acceptance was low in 2019, as is the case of Türkiye (25%) or Russia (14%), the report reflects that in several nations there has been an increase in the acceptance of homosexuality, including United States, which has increased from 49% acceptance in 2007 to 72% in 2019. In addition, the study points out that younger generations accept more sexual orientation. In two of the 34 countries surveyed, young people are more likely than older people to say that homosexuality should be socially accepted.
Not everything is rosy
In the overall assessment, Spain it is also among the first. Rainbow Europe, a platform that classifies European countries according to laws or policies that affect the collective LGBTIQ + and various categories such as equality or hate crimes, classifies Spain in the eighth position of the ranking.
Even so, there are still many pitfalls. The category worst evaluated by Rainbow Europe en Spain Its the "legal recognition of gender and bodily integrity”, With 48%, which indicates the lack of recognition of the non-binary gender and of self-determination. The country obtains a 67 out of 100 in the «Rainbow list«, While different entities explain that the emergence of Vox and the implantation of the parental pin represent a step backwards.
Also in previous editions of this list Spain had achieved better positions in the ranking, especially with the approval of homosexual marriage in 2005. Currently, the non-recognition of non-binary people, the absence of a national trans law, the rise of the extreme right, the irruption of Vox, the implantation of the parental pin and the increase in aggressions LGTBIphobic they represent a step backwards.
