F&M Global Barometers®
Using universal human rights principles, the Franklin & Marshall Global Barometers ® (FMGB) quantify the state of LGBTQI+ human rights in 204 countries and territories.
The FMGB are comprised of four separate, interrelated barometers: the F&M Global Barometer of Unified LGBT Rights™ (GBUR), the F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights ® (GBGR), the F&M Global Barometer of Transgender Rights™ (GBTR), and the F&M Global Barometers LGBTQI+ Perception Index™ (GBPI).
Take the LGBTQI+ Perception Index Survey!
It’s live! The F&M Global Barometers team is pleased to announce that the 2026 F&M Global Barometers LGBTQI+ Perception Index (GBPI) is now available. Cumulatively, the 2022 and 2024 iterations of the survey received over 200,000 responses from individuals in 130 countries. The 2026 version includes two additional language options.
The GBPI gives the global LGBTQI+ community a chance to share their voice by answering six simple questions about their sense of safety, acceptance, fear, and experiences with violence and discrimination. The responses are used to inform policy and research and to advance LGBTQI+ human rights rights for all.
Together, we can make our voices heard – take the survey today.
About the Barometers
F&M Global Barometer of Unified Rights™
An index with 39 indicators, including researched sources and citations, which assesses state and societal protection and persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights®
An index with 27 indicators, including researched sources and citations, which assesses state and societal protection and persecution of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.
F&M Global Barometer of Transgender Rights™
An index with 17 indicators, including researched sources and citations, which assesses state and societal protection and persecution of transgender individuals.
F&M Global Barometers LGBTQI+ Perception Index™
A six-question survey that assesses the human rights experiences of the global LGBTQI+ population.
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A gift for Pride Month: the results of the 2024 F&M Global Barometers LGBTQI+ Perception Index (GBPI), along with a new website, are now live. Swipe to see website highlights and key findings.
A big "thank you" goes out to everyone who took and shared the survey; thank you to the Global Outreach Advisory Council—who helped develop and disseminate the survey—and to @towermarketing, for their web design and development work.
Visit the website and view the 2024 GBPI methodology and results via the link in bio.
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In March 2025, the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago re-criminalized homosexuality by reinstating a colonial era law that criminalized "buggery" and "gross indecency." This law reverses the 2018 High Court ruling that decriminalized same-sex conduct. While from 2018-2021 Trinidad & Tobago had shed an F-Persecuting grade on the F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights (GBGR), this recent decision will negatively impact the country`s 2025 GBGR score.
Very few nations have re-criminalized homosexuality. Gabon briefly criminalized homosexuality in 2019, nearly 60 years after its independence from France, but then removed the criminalizing laws in the 2020 penal code. In 2013, the Supreme Court of India reversed a 2009 High Court decision declaring the criminalization of homosexuality unconstitutional. In 2018, however, the Indian Supreme Court finally declared the criminalization of homosexuality unconstitutional and a violation of privacy and dignity.
To learn more about the state of LGBT+ human rights in Trinidad & Tobago, visit "Country Profiles" via the link in bio.
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The F&M Global Barometers 2025 Annual Report, featuring analysis on 197 countries and territories and introducing a new, comprehensive metric merging LGB and transgender rights, is now available! Swipe to see what is inside the 100+ page report.
To learn more about the state of global LGBT rights, read the report via the link in bio.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is currently winning the war against LGBTQI+ rights in Hungary. Under the guise of protecting children, Orbán has passed a series of laws that violate the LGBTQI+ community`s right to freedom of expression and safe assembly and threaten the community`s right to self-actualization and privacy.
The constitutional amendment passed in mid-April bans LGBTQI+-related public events and declares that the constitution will recognize only two sexes, male and female. Such changes are likely to cause a decline in Hungary`s scores on both the F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights (GBGR) and the F&M Global Barometer of Transgender Rights (GBTR).
To learn more about the state of LGBT+ rights in Hungary, swipe right or visit Hungary`s country profile (link in bio).
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