A survey conducted between November and December 2019 about diversity in the workplace asked sexual minorities in Japan about their coming out. It was revealed that more than half of the surveyed LGBT respondents had yet to come out to someone. According to the survey's results, friends were chosen most frequently as confidant, followed by family members.
Share of LGBT individuals who disclosed being part of a sexual minority in Japan as of December 2019, by confidant
among Japanese full-time employees; multiple answers possible
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "Did you come out to anyone? If so, to whom?".
The source specifies that all respondents apart from transgender respondents are cisgender, meaning that their sex assigned at birth matches their gender identity.
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MHLW (Japan). (September 16, 2020). Share of LGBT individuals who disclosed being part of a sexual minority in Japan as of December 2019, by confidant [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181074/japan-share-sexual-minorities-coming-out-by-confidant/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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