1 in 10 Gay Christians Report Discrimination by other LGBT People

Country: United Kingdom

Date of incident: June 28, 2018


A report by the LGBT-rights organization Stonewall found that nearly 1 in 10 gay Christians have experienced bullying from other LGBT people because of their faith.

The Stonewall report looked into the bullying that LGBT people face both within and outside of their community. They found that 12% of LGBT people of faith have experienced poor treatment and discrimination from other LGBT people within their local LGBT community because of their faith. Among these they found that 9% of gay Chrisitans have had this experience.  

Sources: Premier (re-printed with permission) and Stonewall