Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Sci Rep. 2022 Jul 1;12(1):11176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15103-y.
Asexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (ALGBT) individuals face worse life conditions and violence rates than their heterosexual cisgender counterparts. Brazil is often highlighted for having one of the highest rates of hate-related homicides against ALGBTs in the world. However, to date, Brazil's ALGBT population has not been investigated with a representative sample, and basic information such as population size or sociodemographic characteristics are mostly based in non-systematic data. We aimed to assess the proportion of asexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary adults in Brazil, their sociodemographic characteristics, and self-reported violence rates. In 2018, a sample (n = 6000) of the Brazilian adult population answered a face-to-face survey assessing sociodemographic characteristics, gender identity, sexual orientation, and self-reported psychological, physical, verbal, and sexual violence. Among Brazilian adults, 12.04% are ALGBT: 5.76% asexual, 0.93% lesbian, 1.37% gay, 2.12% bisexual, 0.68 trans, and 1.18% non-binary. Compared to heterosexual cisgender men, most ALGBT individuals have worse socioeconomic indicators and higher rates of self-reported psychological and verbal violence. All ALGBT groups and heterosexual cisgender women reported sexual violence more often than heterosexual cisgender men. It was reported between 4 up to 25 times more often by heterosexual cisgender women and trans individuals, respectively. The rates of the other ALGBT groups sit among the two. Our findings provide evidence of the important size of the ALGBT Brazilian population, as well as their socioeconomic vulnerability, and concerning violence levels experienced by the group. Policy makers may refer to the present article in order to mitigate this population's vulnerability and to better understand its sociodemographic characteristics.
无性恋、女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者（ALGBT）群体面临着比其异性恋顺性别者更糟糕的生活条件和更高的暴力率。巴西经常因其是世界上仇恨相关的针对 ALGBT 仇恨犯罪率最高的国家之一而受到关注。然而，迄今为止，巴西的 ALGBT 群体尚未通过具有代表性的样本进行调查，其人口规模或社会人口特征等基本信息大多基于非系统性数据。我们旨在评估巴西无性恋、女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者成年人的比例、他们的社会人口特征以及自我报告的暴力率。2018 年，巴西成年人口的一个样本（n=6000）接受了一项面对面调查，评估社会人口特征、性别认同、性取向以及自我报告的心理、身体、言语和性暴力。在巴西成年人中，12.04%是 ALGBT：5.76%无性恋、0.93%女同性恋、1.37%男同性恋、2.12%双性恋、0.68%跨性别者和 1.18%非二进制性别。与异性恋顺性别男性相比，大多数 ALGBT 个体的社会经济指标较差，自我报告的心理和言语暴力率较高。所有 ALGBT 群体和异性恋顺性别女性报告的性暴力比异性恋顺性别男性更频繁。异性恋顺性别女性和跨性别者的报告频率分别高出 4 到 25 倍。其他 ALGBT 群体的报告频率介于两者之间。我们的研究结果提供了证据，证明了巴西 ALGBT 人口的重要规模，以及他们的社会经济脆弱性和该群体经历的令人担忧的暴力水平。政策制定者可以参考本文，以减轻该人群的脆弱性并更好地了解其社会人口特征。
