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Attitudes to lesbian and gay people in Britain

In 2006, Stonewall commissioned YouGov to conduct a survey of people's attitudes towards lesbian and gay people. We asked people questions on a whole range of issues.

The results were generally encouraging, although there's still a lot of work to be done.

73% of Scots have a positive opinion of gay and lesbian people
73% of Scots think prejudice against gay and lesbian people in Britain should be tackled.
63% of Scots think religious attitudes are to blame for public prejudice against gays and lesbians.
90% of Scots think gay bullying in schools should be tackled.
93% of Scots support the fact that it's illegal to discriminate against people at work on the grounds of sexual orientation.
67% of Scots support civil partnerships.
85% of Scots support future legislation against discrimination in provision of healthcare and social services.
90% of Scots believe it should be illegal to incite hatred on the basis of sexual orientation.
94% of Scots would be comfortable if they had a gay colleague, 90% if there was a gay footballer on their team, 89% if they had a gay close friend, and 77% if their child was gay.

For UK wide figures download the report, Living Together, by clicking here.