LGBTQI Perception Index Survey

The LGBTQI Perception Index Survey gauges LGBTQI community perceptions of human rights in 204 countries. It was launched on June 28, 2022, on the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.

We are the Franklin & Marshall Global Barometers, a research team on LGBTQI human rights based at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. We have partnered with the Council for Global Equality to launch the Perception Index. Our other partners include Grindr for Equality and a multitude of LGBTQI civil society organizations around the world. You can learn more about us and what we do here.

There is often a gap between LGBTQI-inclusive legislation and the lived experiences of LGBTQI people. The Index highlights these discrepancies to encourage governments around the world to take action and ensure that LGBTQI-inclusive legislation is enforced and translated into real positive impact on the lives of LGBTQI people.

The Survey is for anyone who identifies as part of the LGBTQI community, inclusive of all sexual orientations, gender identities, sex characteristics, and gender expressions.

The survey will ask you questions about your lived experience in your country. It includes questions about your perceptions of safety, acceptance, privacy, violence, and discrimination.

Most large-scale surveys on LGBTQI human rights ask about the attitudes of heterosexual and/or cisgender people towards the LGBTQI community. We want to hear from LGBTQI people themselves! Taking the survey will allow us to create a global dashboard of the lived experiences of LGBTQI people around the world. Your input will help policymakers take effective action to better the lives of LGBTQI people.

The survey is available in four languages: Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.

The survey takes only 2-5 minutes to complete.

No, you can take the survey only once. However, you will have an opportunity to take the survey again next year in 2023.

You can share the survey through sharing links to our social media: Website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or this QR code.

The results of the survey will be published in late 2022.

The results will be published on this website, lgbtqiperceptionindex.org. 

The survey covers 204 countries and regions.

For questions, comments, or concerns, you can email gbgr@fandm.edu.