Introduction

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Introduction

The EU LGBTIII survey is alarge-scale web-adm inistered

survey of the experi ences and views of lesbian , gay,

bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals,

using an anonymou s online questionnaire. The sur vey

was conducted bet ween 27May and 2 2July 20 19 via

the platform ww w.lgbtisurvey.eu and collected valid

responses from 139 799 participa nts from the Euro-

pean Union (EU) Member St ates, North Macedonia and

Serbia. The sur vey provides comparative ev idence on

how LGBTI people in the EU experience discrimination,

violence and harass ment in various areas of life, includ -

ing employment, education, healthcare, housing and

other services.

LGBTI people have been his torically subje ct to stigma

and discriminat ion. Even nowadays many peo ple feel

the need to conceal being LGBTI to avoid d iscrimination,

hate or even violence.

In 2012, the European U nion Agency for Fun damen-

tal Rights (FRA) la unched ala rge-scale online su rvey

in the EU and Croatia to colle ct data on LGBT peopl e’s

experiences of discrimination, violence and harassment

following areques t from the European Commissi on to

collect compara ble survey data across a ll EU Member

States and Croatia. Atota l of 93079 respondents pa r-

ticipated in the sur vey, providing an indication of t he

extent of the challe nges that LGBT people f ace across

the EU. More information o n the f‌irst wave of the survey

can be found onlin e (https://fra.europa.eu/en/publi-

cation/2014/eu-lgbt-survey-european-union-lesbian-

gay-bisexual-and-transgender-survey-main).

The European Commissio n asked FRA to replicate the

collection of data o n LGBTI people and im plement the

second round of the LGBT(I)(1) survey in 2019.

(1) Intersex resp ondents were surveye d for the f‌irst time in the

2019 LGBTI survey.

The aims of the sur vey were (1) to obtain data that

would allow abetter under standing of how LGBTI peo-

ple experience the enjoyment of fundamental rights

and would provide pol icymakers and key stakeholders

with research evidence that coul d be used to assess

the implementa tion and impac t of law and policy an d

to address gaps in the protec tion of rights; (2) to detect

trends by identifyin g changes over time with res pect

to the results of the f‌irst LGBT s urvey (2012); (3) to fur-

ther develop research meth odologies for online sur vey

tools; (4) to deliver to stakeholder s, civil society and the

wider public research ev idence and data that could be

valuable in raisi ng awareness of fundam ental rights

and could contribute to pro moting LGBTI equalit y and

improving the situation on the ground.

The survey asked a range of questi ons about LGBTI

people’s experiences of the following issues:

•a perceived increase or decrease in i ntolerance,

prejudice and violence against LGBTI people;

•discriminatio n at work and when look ing for work

and in several other areas of li fe;

•a safe environment;

•physical or sexual victimisation;

•harassment;

•the social context of be ing LGBTI;

•background information (age, education, income,

civil status);

•issues related to the lives of tra ns and intersex

people.