YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

General trends in young people’s values and attitudes  57 Figure 1.11: Perception of discrimination based on sexual orientation, broken down by sexual orientation. Were you ever discriminated against on the basis of your sexual orientation? 90% 80% 60% 40% 30% 10% 20% 70% 50% Never Heterosexual orientation Middle- of-the-road Homosexual orientation 69.9 21.2 8.8 48.6 35.1 16.2 97.0 Sometimes Frequently 0% 100% 0.7 2.3 Source: Mladina 2020. Figure 1.11 very clearly shows a strong correlation between the two vari- ables. Among those leaning towards heterosexuality, only 3% report feeling discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation, while among those leaning towards homosexuality a whopping 51% face discrimination. Put differently, a majority of homosexual youth has al- ready faced discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Additional analyses showed a partial, but not significant, difference between the sexes: homosexual women report less discrimination (47.1%) than ho- mosexual men (53.9%). More than 40% of young people claim not to be completely heterosexual, while almost 5% say they are completely homosexual. A majority (51%) of homosexual young people report feeling victimized by discrimination based on their sexual orientation. Our data show that discrimination based on gender is also present.