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LGBTI digital divide report

LGBTI digital divide

The digital divide impacts lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex people in specific ways, and listening to their stories is essential to building meaningful digital inclusion for all.

ILGA World’s Accessing Connection is a pioneering research looking into the complex interplay between disparities in digital access and the unique experiences of individuals and communities of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics.

Researchers have mapped the complexities of the digital divide across perspectives of gender, race and migration status, geographic regions, urban-rural contexts, indigeneity, and disability — amongst others. However, until now, little to no research existed on the hurdles it poses to LGBTI people. Authored for ILGA World by The Engine Room — a non-profit supporting civil society in their use of technology — Accessing Connection fills this gap, building on data and first-hand accounts of human rights defenders from every region of the world.

Accessing Connection: latest edition

The first edition of ILGA World’s Accessing Connection: Bridging the Digital Divide for LGBTI Communities Worldwide was released on 20 February 2024.

Download the Accessing Connection: Bridging the Digital Divide for LGBTI Communities Worldwide report in English | in Spanish

or read the main findings of the report in English – in Spanish

Follow this link to read a press release about the publication

The Accessing Connection: Bridging the Digital Divide for LGBTI Communities Worldwide report is released under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Suggested citation: ILGA World: Johnson, O & Deutch, J. (The Engine Room); Accessing Connection: Bridging the Digital Divide for LGBTI Communities Worldwide (Geneva: ILGA World, February 2024).