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Survey: 29% Of The World Thinks Homosexuality Should Be Criminalized
Via Gay Times:
More than one in four people (28.5%) believe that those in same-sex relationships should be ‘charged as criminals’, according to a new survey of over 100,000 people across 77 countries and territories around the world.
Unsurprisingly, the 2017 ILGA-RIWI Global Attitudes Survey showed that there were major differences in views towards sexual and gender minorities in different regions.
45% of respondents in the 15 African countries surveyed agreed that people who engage in same-sex relationships should be charged as criminals, by far the highest percentage around the world.
Elsewhere, 36% of respondents from the Middle East agreed with that sentiment, compared to 15% of respondents from Australia and New Zealand, and 19% from North America, South America, and Western Europe.
In the UK, one in six (17%) people said they believe that same-sex couples should be charged.
Of the 77 countries that were polled for the survey, 25 continue to hold laws which make being LGBT a crime.
Survey: Acceptance of homosexuality by society in 39 countries
Pew Research has a new survey on the acceptance of homosexuality by society in 39 countries, broken down by region and country.
Some key points from the survey:
• Attitudes about homosexuality have been fairly stable in recent years, except in South Korea, the United States and Canada, where the percentage saying homosexuality should be accepted by society has grown by at least ten percentage points since 2007.
• Acceptance of homosexuality is particularly widespread in countries where religion is less central in people’s lives.
• Wealthier countries tend to be more accepting. In contrast, in poorer countries with high levels of religiosity, few believe homosexuality should be accepted by society.
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(h/t JMG)