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 hid their sexual orientation when they were a kid in school. 81 percent of respondents in Lithuania said they hid or disguised the fact that they were a member of the LGBT community when they were a kid in school.
LGBT people - Did you hide your sexual orientation when you were a kid in school?
(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: "During your schooling before the age of 18, did you ... Hide or disguise that you were [LGBT] at school? Answer: ‘often’, ‘always’.
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Fundamental Rights Agency. (May 20, 2013). LGBT people - Did you hide your sexual orientation when you were a kid in school? (by country) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259095/lgbt-hiding-ones-sexual-orientation-in-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "LGBT people - Did you hide your sexual orientation when you were a kid in school? (by country)." Chart. May 20, 2013. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259095/lgbt-hiding-ones-sexual-orientation-in-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency. (2013). LGBT people - Did you hide your sexual orientation when you were a kid in school? (by country). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259095/lgbt-hiding-ones-sexual-orientation-in-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "Lgbt People - Did You Hide Your Sexual Orientation When You Were a Kid in School? (by Country)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259095/lgbt-hiding-ones-sexual-orientation-in-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency, LGBT people - Did you hide your sexual orientation when you were a kid in school? (by country) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259095/lgbt-hiding-ones-sexual-orientation-in-school/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
LGBT people - Did you hide your sexual orientation when you were a kid in school? (by country) [Graph], Fundamental Rights Agency, May 20, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/259095/lgbt-hiding-ones-sexual-orientation-in-school/
