However by 2020 the UK had dropped to ninth place in the ILGA-Europe rankings with a score of 66% and the executive also expressed concern about a 'hostile climate on trans rights fuelled by opposition groups'.
Meanwhile, 86% of the UK agreed that homosexuality should be accepted by society, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center poll, and a 2017 poll showed that 77% of British people support same-sex marriage. Īround 2% of people identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual in a 2017 UK national survey, although YouGov and Stonewall argue this is likely influenced by under-reporting, and estimate that the actual figure is between 5 and 7%.
