Completed project
Living conditions among queers
Client
Bufdir
Time period
01.10.2018 - 23.06.2021
Researchers
Helga Eggebø
Researcher II
Partners
Department of Social Psychology at the University of Bergen
Trans people report significant challenges in their living conditions and experiences with various forms of discrimination. At the same time, the group experiences support and pride, and is well organized.
The report " Sexual orientation, gender diversity and living conditions. Results from the 2020 survey " shows that transgender people reported clear living conditions challenges compared to cis people (those of us who identify with the gender we were assigned at birth). This is the first time transgender people have been included in a national survey on living conditions among queer people.
The survey was conducted in 2020 and concerns living conditions among lesbian women, gay men, bisexual women, bisexual men and transgender people (LGBT people) (N=2059, of which 1045 were LGBT people and 232 were transgender people). Heterosexual and cis people are also included in the survey, and the responses from LGBT people are compared with the responses from heterosexual and cis people.
A key finding of the survey is, as mentioned, that transgender people reported clear challenges in their living conditions. When it comes to lesbian women and gay men, we found that living conditions were largely on par with heterosexual women and men, but gays and lesbians are somewhat more vulnerable to mental health problems.
Among bisexual men and women, there were higher proportions reporting living conditions challenges than among lesbian women and gay men and heterosexual women and men. In 2013, living conditions challenges among bisexual women were highlighted. In the 2020 sample, we find clearer living conditions challenges among both bisexual men and women.
The report is part of the project " Living conditions among queer people " which is funded by the Norwegian Directorate of Children, Youth and Family Affairs and carried out by the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Bergen in collaboration with Nordland Research Institute and the Gender Equality Center KUN. The project also includes two other reports:
" Queer life paths. A qualitative study of living conditions and complex identities among LGBTI people in Norway " (Eggebø, Stubberud and Anderssen 2019).
"Intersex and variation in bodily gender development. Reflections on identity, politics and health services" (Langeland, Eggebø, Anderssen and Stubberud 2021).
Related project
Living conditions among queer people with an immigrant background in Norway