Best countries to live in for lgbtq

What's the best region to live in if you're LGBTQ? Is America in the top 10?

What countries have the highest percentages of people who identy as LGBTQ+?

International insurance company William Russell wanted to spot out ahead of the United Nations' Summit of the Future, which will examine LGBTQ+ rights among its looks at global cooperation and change.

The summit takes place Sept. 22 and 23 in New York, a featured event of the UN General Assembly.

William Russell also put together a list of the top countries for the LGBTQ+ community to stay. Did the U.S. make the top 10?

Countries with the largest LGBTQ+ population

William Russell researchers set up that Brazil leads the way percentage-wise, with 15 percent of its population identifying as LGBTQ+.

Specifically, 5 percent determine as lesbian, gay or homosexual; 7 percent as bisexual; about 3 percent as transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, gender-fluid or another gender identity; 1 percent as pansexual or omnisexual; and 1 percent as asexual.

Second was Spain, with 14 percent of the population identifying as LG

Rainbow Map

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These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map

The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.

The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.

“Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”

  • Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe


Malta has sat on top of the ranking for the last 10 years. 

With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics. 

Comfort and protection as lgbtq

HI @RachelTG, I am a member of the community, as a cis lady with a cis female partner, my lived experience is obviously different than yours, but I hope I can help to alleviate some of your concerns, especially when it comes to the UK. The type of violence so prevalent in the US isn’t so blatant in western Europe and the UK. That’s not to tell there isn’t any discrimination or anything, but it’s less obvious and much less extreme.

My partner and I, who have been together for 16 years, have never faced issues in the UK, and when we are there, we spend most of our day in small towns and villages. The Calder Valley in Yorkshire is my favourite place, there is a little town there called Hebden Bridge that you might really like, it’s a beautiful little place with a several nice pubs and great walks, and it’s very LGBTQ friendly.

For bigger towns, Manchester is a brilliant city with a great scene, if you verb to Manchester you have to inspect out Canal St, it is a thriving area packed of life, very open minded, very fun. As @Pips mentioned, Brighton also has a l

Majority Worldwide Now Declare Their Area Is Good for Gay People

Story Highlights

  • For the first time, majority say their area is a excellent place for gay people
  • Gay acceptance highest in European countries, other Western nations
  • Acceptance low in countries in Africa, post-Soviet Eurasia, southeastern Europe

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the first second in Gallup World Poll’s trend dating back to , a majority of people (52%) worldwide say their metropolis or area is a "good place" for gay or lesbian people to live.

The latest figure, based on surveys in countries and areas in , is more than double the 21% recorded when Gallup first asked this question a decade and a half ago.

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Between and , perceptions of acceptance stretched to contain roughly one in three adults globally, ranging from 31% to 38%. This figure increased markedly in (49%) and maintained that level in (50%), with the latest figure marking the first reading in majority territory.

Gallup previously reported that over the decade from to , more than a dozen countries had gone from minorities sayin