- LGBTQ+ people face a higher risk of discrimination and hate crimes, with 16% of overall reported hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2021
- LGBTQIA+ Indigenous peoples face violence and elevated levels of discrimination National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 2019
- LGBTQ+ people are more likely to face homelessness Fraser, Pierse, Chisholm, & Cook, 2019
- LGBT people are almost three times more likely to be assaulted or face violence Government of Canada, 2020
- LGBT people face increased marginalization in healthcare https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19442315
- LGBT people are more likely to suffer from mental health conditions including depression and anxiety Yarns, Abrams, Meeks, & Sewell, 2016
- LGBT people face harmful heteronormativity and cisnormativity in the workplace Ng & Rumens, 2017
- LGBT people are vulnerable to employment discrimination Ng, Schweitzer, & Lyons, 2012
- LGBT people continue to flee countries due to persecution Kahn, Alessi, Kim, Woolner, & Olivieri, 2018
- LGBT people have endured harmful conversion therapy, leading to long-term physical and psychological damage Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, 2020
- LGBT youth face are almost three times more likely to be at-risk for suicide than their peers Goldbach, Rhoades, Green, Fulginiti, & Marshal, 2019
- LGBT youth are especially vulnerable to homelessness, comprising an estimated 20% of homeless populations https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19442315 Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2021
- LGBT youth are more likely to face bullying than their peers Gower, et al., 2018
- LGBT seniors in Canada are more likely to have limited support systems and face stigmatization than their peers de Vries, et al., 2019
- 70% of trans youth have experienced discrimination, with over a third reporting physical threats or violence Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2021