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Jun 15, 2007
Quickie Link: Survey Reveals Insight Into Lives of LGBT People
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By vanrozenheim
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(Brighton, UK) - Three quarters of a city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have been verbally or physically assaulted in the last five years. Four in five of those attacked said that sexuality was a factor and many said they remained concerned about reporting incidents to police. While most people spoken to had positive feelings about living in Brighton and Hove, research also found areas of need, discrimination and gaps in services. The survey also revealed that 16 per cent of gay men have HIV, 21 per cent have been homeless, of which 18 per cent of respondents have used sex to gain somewhere to stay and 23 per cent of the sample had serious thoughts of suicide in the past five years.
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