1 in 2 Irish adults think Pride Month is important for representation.
·
87% of Irish adults
know someone who is a part of the LGBTQ+ community
·
2 in 5 adults think
the government should put more money into providing services for members of
LGBTQ+ community
·
19% of Irish adults
celebrate Pride Month as an ally, and 2% celebrate as a member of the LGBTQ+
community
· 1 in 4 adults think the government should invest more money in Pride events
The month of June was Pride Month, and as an important celebration of
the LGBTQ+ community it is celebrated across Ireland. With this in mind, iReach
Insights conducted a nationally representative survey of the opinions of 1,001
Irish adults on Pride Month and LGBTQ+ representation in Ireland.
19% of Irish adults celebrate Pride Month as an ally, 2% celebrate as a
member of the LGBTQ+ community. 87% of Irish adults know someone who is a part
of the LGBTQ community, with the main connections being a close friend (44%),
an acquaintance (37%), or a co-worker (36%). Dublin had the highest rates of people
knowing members of the LGBTQ+ community at 93% of adults, while Munster had the
lowest rates of knowing LGBTQ+ community members at 78%.
8% of Irish adults attended a Pride event in Ireland, with 18-34 year
olds being twice as likely (13%) as those 35+ (5%) to have attended a Pride
event. The most popular Pride events to attend were Pride Festivals (52%) and
Pride Parades (48%).
The top three reasons for not attending a Pride event in Ireland were:
1. I wasn’t interested in any of these events (47%), 2. I have no connection to
the LGBTQ+ community (30%) or 3. I was too busy (23%).
40% think the government should put more money into providing services
for members of LGBTQ+ community. 37% think LGBTQ+ individuals are treated
unfairly in our society, and 36% believe that prejudices against LGBTQ+
individuals are still prevalent. 22% think LGBTQ+ individuals should receive
reparations for past injustices.
23% of adults believe the government should invest more money in Pride events,
and 48% think Pride Month in important for representation. 55% think Pride
events help end stigmas around the LGBTQ+ community, with 37% believing that
Pride events are authentic representations of the LGBTQ+ community.
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About iReach Insights
iReach Insights
provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and
Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members
in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were
included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run
between the 17th - 25th June and has a 3% Confidence
Interval and 95% Confidence Level.
Questions
asked of participants:
Do you celebrate Pride
Month?
Do you know anyone who
is a member of the LGBTQ+ community?
Did you attend any
events for Pride in Ireland during the month of June?
Which events did you
attend?
Why did you not attend
any Pride events in Ireland?
Please state how much
you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
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Dublin, IRELAND.
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