Mindset of straight people regarding sexual minorities in Japan 2020, by age group
Around 29 percent of respondents were evaluated to be active supporters of sexual minorities; about 36 percent of them aged between 30 to 39. The demographic most likely to be openly opposed to the LGBTQ+ community were respondents in their fifties.
The acronym LGBTQ+, often just LGBT, is an umbrella term describing members of sexual minorities. The individual letters stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning, with the "+" including an additional and larger spectrum of sexual identities and gender identities.