1st Edition

Towards Tolerance Exploring Changes and Explaining Differences in Attitudes Towards Homosexuality Across Europe

by Netherlands Institute for Social Research

This report describes trends and differences in attitudes to homosexuality in Europe. Which are the countries where acceptance is increasing--or declining? Which countries can currently be described as tolerant, and in which countries are there clear limits to that tolerance? And which factors underlie these differences? SCP answers these questions by drawing on large European datasets.</p>

Foreword 1 47 countries, 47 options 2 Exploring shifts and differences 3 Gender and LGB: hand in hand? 4 Explaining differences 5 Specific cases 6 Conclusion.

Biography

Lisette Kuyper is a researcher at The Netherlands Institute for Social Research on LGBT issues.


Jurjen Iedema is a statistical methodologist.


Saskia Keuzenkamp is a manager at MOVISIE, the Netherlands Centre for Social Development.