Proportion of ALGBT adult Brazilians, sociodemographic characteristics, and self-reported violence.

ABSTRACT: Asexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (ALGBT) individuals face worse life conditions and violence rates than their heterosexual cisgender counterparts. Brazil is often highlighted for having one of the highest rates of hate-related homicides against ALGBTs in the world. However, to date, Brazil's ALGBT population has not been investigated with a representative sample, and basic information such as population size or sociodemographic characteristics are mostly based in non-systematic data. We aimed to assess the proportion of asexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary adults in Brazil, their sociodemographic characteristics, and self-reported violence rates. In 2018, a sample (n = 6000) of the Brazilian adult population answered a face-to-face survey assessing sociodemograph

SUBMITTER: Spizzirri G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9249838 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature