Intersections: The LGBTI II Survey – Older People Analysis

In the third of our series of Intersections reports, deep-diving into the data from the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) 2019 LGBTI Survey II, we have collaborated with AGE Platform Europe, to further understand the challenges faced by older LGBTI people in Europe today.

Disaggregated data, which can look deeply into the lived experiences of marginalised people, is a key demand of LGBTI and other human rights groups. With this in mind, over the last year ILGA-Europe have been partnering with a variety of NGOs in the region to analyse the FRA 2019 LGBTI Survey II data and pull out experiences of those experiencing intersectional marginalisation. This work is based on analysis co-commissioned by ILGA-Europe and TGEU.

This briefing on older people summarises the findings of data analysis disaggregating the responses of older LGBTI people from the responses provided by all LGBTI respondents to the 2019 FRA LGBTI Survey II, in order to show the differences in their lived experiences. In order to make sure that the point of view of older LGBTI people was represented in full, this document is the result of a collaboration between ILGA-Europe ad AGE Platform Europe, both contributing in the data analysis and drafting of the briefing.

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