One in 20 Australians are LGBTI+ with rate higher among young people

Advocates say the landmark ABS findings show LGBTI+ people are a substantial part of Australian society

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed for the first time that one in 20 Australians are lesbian, gay, bi, trans or gender diverse, or intersex (LGBTI+).

According to ABS head of health statistics, Robert Long, this is the “first nationally representative data of their kind in Australia”.

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