In the third of our new series of Intersections reports, we deep dive into the data from the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) 2025 LGBTIQ III survey, focusing on the lived experiences of LGBTIQ people in relation to socio-economic lived realities.
In 2023, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) conducted its third LGBTIQ survey, gathering responses from more than 100,000 LGBTIQ people across the 27 EU Member States, as well as Albania, North Macedonia, and Serbia. This landmark survey provides one of the most comprehensive datasets to date on the lived experiences of LGBTIQ people in Europe.
They survey asked respondents about their experiences across employment, education and economic security. These questions asked about employment status, being out at work, possible negative experiences at work; being out in school, possible negative experiences at school and its perpetrators, LGBTIQ topics addressed in schools and the highest completed level of education.
The survey also asked about experiences of homelessness as well as difficulties in making ends meet. Together all these factors provide a comprehensive picture of both the causes and consequences of the socio-economic inequalities experienced by LGBTI people.
By analysing these responses, the briefing assesses the scale and nature of socio-economic inequalities affecting LGBTIQ people across Europe, identifying the key patterns and disparities that emerge.
