RESEARCH CORNER The Netherlands is VERY Queer

Dec 3, 2024 | 2025 Winter - Teachers and Mentors, Research Corner

By Robyn Ochs

The Netherlands is VERY queer. A 182,000-person study called Safety Monitor 2023, conducted by CBS, found that 17.7% of folks in the Netherlands age 15 or older identify as LGBTQIA+. Bi+ men comprise 5.1% of the country’s population; bi+ women comprise 6%. Consistent with findings globally, bi+ people comprise—by far—the largest segment of the LGBTQIA+ population. 

The study also found that LGBTQIA+ people tend to be younger than average; are more likely to live in urban areas and to have been born outside the Netherlands; and they have less financial wealth than their heterosexual counterparts.

Source: CBS News

https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2024/41/the-netherlands-has-2-7-million-lgbtqia-people

Robyn Ochs is a global speaker, writer, and editor of BWQ.

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