This statistic shows the results of a 2012 survey among more than 90,000 respondents who are members of the LGBT community in all 27 European Union member states and Croatia. They were asked if they have ever felt personally discriminated against or harrassed because of their sexual orientation. 30 percent of respondents in the Netherlands stated they had felt discriminated against or had been harrassed because of their sexual orientation.
In your country, have you personally felt discriminated against or harrassed because of your sexual orientation?
(by country)
* According to the source, "the survey collected information from 93,079 persons aged 18 years or over who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and who lived in the EU or Croatia, about their experiences of discrimination, violence and harassment and other key issues."
The source poses the question as follows: "In the last 12 months, in the country where you live, have you personally felt discriminated against or harassed on the basis of one of more of the following grounds? Answer: C. Sexual orientation."
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Fundamental Rights Agency. (May 20, 2013). In your country, have you personally felt discriminated against or harrassed because of your sexual orientation? (by country) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259078/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-in-the-european-union/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "In your country, have you personally felt discriminated against or harrassed because of your sexual orientation? (by country)." Chart. May 20, 2013. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259078/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-in-the-european-union/
Fundamental Rights Agency. (2013). In your country, have you personally felt discriminated against or harrassed because of your sexual orientation? (by country). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259078/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-in-the-european-union/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "In Your Country, Have You Personally Felt Discriminated against or Harrassed Because of Your Sexual Orientation? (by Country)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259078/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-in-the-european-union/
Fundamental Rights Agency, In your country, have you personally felt discriminated against or harrassed because of your sexual orientation? (by country) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259078/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-in-the-european-union/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
In your country, have you personally felt discriminated against or harrassed because of your sexual orientation? (by country) [Graph], Fundamental Rights Agency, May 20, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/259078/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-in-the-european-union/
