How does LGBT familial disownment/disapproval compare across high income democracies?

[WindowPhil]

As an America, I have an unfounded suspicion that the United States is unique among most high income democracies in that it's perhaps the one of the only one where a substantial proportion of parents would disapprove of or disown a child who came out as Gay or Trans.

Perhaps it's not accurate and I'm just thinking in black and white (I don't even know if a majority of American parents would do it), but I want to know what the deal is in regards to this thought I had.


How high is the "Familial Disownment Rate" for Gay/Lesbian (and question 2: for Trans individuals) in these following places?

*A standard "Liberal Country" like Canada, ones in Western Europe, Australia, etc.

*The Non-South United States?

*The American South?

*Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia, Ukraine, etc)? I know Russia isn't considered a Democracy, but many Eastern European Countries are.

*Japan and South Korea


I know the United States has the Religion Thing going for it, but is it really an outler when it comes to LGBT familial disownment (even outside the south) compared to other High Income Democracies?

[CumbrianLefty]

US is probably higher than most of W Europe, but still lower than much of E Europe/E Asia?

[parochial boy]

Just eyeballing various world values survey data and the odd bit of polling on various LGBT themes, the USA seems to always be about 10-15% less accepting than all of Western Europe (barring the consistent Italian exception), a little bit more accepting than Latin America and much more accepting than everywhere else. So familial acceptance is probably in a similar situation.

So overall it’s probably one of the less tolerant wealthy democracies, but not by a huge margin