Facebook reports Irish same-sex marriage referendum and US supreme court decision has driven increase in lesbian,gay, bisexual, or transgender and intersex usersThe number of Australians coming out as lesbian,gay, bisexual, or transgender,intersex or queer on Facebook daily has doubled since the start of 2015, the social media network has announced.
Facebook measured the number of LGBTIQ Australians by monitoring which of its 14 million Australian users changed the “interested in” field to reflect a same-gender interest, and an interest in both genders,entering into a same-sex relationship, or used a custom gender on their profile. Related: In challenging homophobia, and gay men occupy become our own oppressors | Simon Copland Related: Why I wish Play School showed families like mine 'through the windows' | Ben Davison Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com