LGBTQ+ people are half as likely to be happy in adulthood
LGBTQ+ people who weren’t supported at home or during their education are half as likely to be happy in early adulthood, according to Just Like Us’ new Positive Futures report.
The report, which surveyed 3,695 people aged 18 to 25 across the UK, including 1,736 adults, discovered a correlation between poor mental health, wellbeing and career prospects in early adulthood and lack of support for LGBTQ+ children.
Key findings include that LGBTQ+ people are three times more likely to lack confidence in finding a career they’ll enjoy and half as likely to be happy in adulthood as their cis-het counterparts (43% vs 85%).
LGBTQ+ young adults from “unsupportive school and home backgrounds” were half as likely to feel good about themselves (41% vs 89%) and more than four times as likely to ‘rarely or never’ feel close to other people (49% vs 11%).
