By John Mack Freeman
A new analysis of more than 100 studies related to LGBT well-being and happiness has been released this week. Some of the highlights include:
- 58 percent of LGBTQ adults have been the subject of slurs or jokes at some point in their lives
- 30 percent of LGBTQ adults have been attacked or physically threatened
- 32 percent see the legal rights of LGBTQ people to be the most important problem facing the community
The website is currently up and down, but a cached version of the report can be read here. Via Advocate.com:
The project is called Our Tomorrow, and will provide 125 nonprofit foundations and other partner groups with new data to better engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other gender-nonconforming and questioning individuals across the country.
Those partner groups range from GLAAD, to the National LGBTQ Task Force, to local groups nationwide. Funding is provided by the Arcus Foundation, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Johnson Family Foundation, and the Palette Fund.
By canvassing at Pride and other events in 40 cities this summer, survey organizer Hattaway Communications has already culled 6,000 submissions, and welcomes more through its website — shareourtomorrow.org — through August 17.
