More LGBT+ Australians than Ever in Big Boost

Gay Aussie magazine DNA reports that a new latitudinal study by researchers at Charles Darwin University has looked at survey results of household arrangements across the country over a long period.  The findings are that the percentage of the population identifying as LGBT+ has more or less doubled over the period since 2012.  Today, over one in five Australians is part of our rainbow community.  DNA explains "According to CDU Research Associate Fiona Shalley, a major reason could be the “burst of acceptance” that followed the 2017 marriage equality vote. This moment seems to have mirrored the social shifts around sexual freedom from fifty years ago.   The growing confidence of people identifying as LGB+ is likely influenced by the number of visible positive role models, social media attention, and in our storytelling,” Shalley said. “If you think about the ’60s and the ’70s and the big revolution of sexual freedom then, maybe it’s happening again.”