In a survey in Denmark about sex and sexual identity, ** percent of the women and ** percent of the men stated that they were heterosexual. The largest share of bisexuals was found among women (*** percent), and the largest share of homosexuals occurred among men (*** percent). A total of *** percent of the Danish population had an asexual identity, while nearly **** percent had a different or undecided sexual identity.

Since the the law legalizing same-sex marriages in Denmark was implemented in June 2012, there have been constantly more same-sex marriages between women than among men. In 2022, 296 women married another woman, and 213 men married another man. The total number of registered marriages in Denmark decreased over the past 20 years.

Divorces

Simultaneously, the number of divorces in Denmark was approximately one half of the number of marriages in 2022. During that year, around 12.000 divorces were registered and out of them, 96 female couples and 42 male couples were divorced.

Marriages in Norway

In Norway, the number of contracted marriages decreased from 2011 to 2021. Around 63,600 marriages were registered in 2021. Among the homosexual couples, the situation was similar as to Denmark; most same-sex marriages were between women. 202 female couples and 94 male couples were married in Norway that year. Norway's Marriage Act made same-sex marriages legal in 2009.

This statistic displays the estimated and actual population share finding homosexuality morally unacceptable in Denmark and Norway in 2016. Respondents from Denmark guessed that out of every 100 people, approximately ** would find homosexuality morally unacceptable.

In Europe, the Netherlands and Denmark have the highest percentages of LGBTI people who feel free to be open about their sexual orientation. In a survey conducted in 2019, ** percent of respondents from the Netherlands and Denmark, declared that they were fairly or very open about their sexual orientation. Sweden, Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom followed. In the European Union, lesbian and gay people are more likely to be open about their sexual orientation than bisexual, trans, and intersex people. In a survey conducted in 2019 in ** EU countries, bisexual men and intersex people were mostly never or almost never open about their sexual orientation.

Same-sex couples in Europe

In Europe, ** countries recognized same-sex couples as of 2020. There are various forms of recognition of rights and duties of same-sex couples, including civil unions, concubinary unions, de facto partnerships, registered partnerships, and other types of partnerships. Same-sex marriage, has been legalized in ** countries in Europe, with Switzerland the latest to do so. In ** European countries, same-sex couples can also jointly adopt children as of 2020. In America and Europe, more countries permitted homosexual couples to adopt children than in Oceania, Asia, and Africa.

LGBT+ in Eastern Europe

Among East European countries, support for the equal rights of LGBT+ people is low. According to a recent survey, about one half of respondents in Czechia expressed support toward equal rights for the LGBT+ community, the largest share among surveyed countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The Parliament in Hungary approved in 2021 an anti-LGBT law, which was condemned by the European Union, as it breaches guarantees of freedom of expression and non-discrimination. This motion was openly supported by the Polish government.

A majority of gay, lesbian, and bisexual respondents in all European countries indicated in 2019 that they realized they were homosexual before they reached adulthood. Interestingly, this is more the case for countries, such as Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia which perform poorly on metrics of LGBTQ-friendliness and less so for countries which perform well, such as Denmark, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

In 2017 and 2018, looking for a sex partner online was more common among men than women in Denmark. To be precise nearly 80 percent of homosexual and nearly 21 percent of heterosexual men reported to have looked for intimacy online. In contrast, 25 percent of homosexual and only eight percent of heterosexual women did so. Over 24 percent of the single survey respondents, had looked for sexual partners online, whereas the corresponding figure for married individuals or ones in registered partnership was seven percent.  Dating apps Dating apps have been gaining larger and larger popularity worldwide in recent years. Tinder ranked as the number one most downloaded dating app on Androidas of December 2019 and was downloaded more than 3.6 million times. Next in the list were Badoo, happn and MeetMe.  Where is Tinder the biggest? The leading Tinder market at the end of 2019 were the United States, with Tinder iOS revenue equaling over 66 million U.S. dollars. The United Kingdom ranked second, followed by Canada and Australia. The only Nordic country in top ten leading market based on Tinder iOS revenue for the evaluated period was Sweden, with a revenue of 1.45 million U.S. dollars.

Discrimination against members of the LGBT Community is present in all European countries. The extent to which this discrimination affects gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or other queer identifying people in their day-to-day lives varies by country and region in the continent. In general, the countries of northern and north-western Europe show a smaller share of LGBT survey respondents saying they have experienced discrimination in the prior year.

Denmark and Finland both have less than a third of queer respondents saying they experienced discrimination based on their sexuality, with Czechia coming being the third least homophobic country in Europe in this respect. Czechia and Estonia are the only two post-communist countries in Europe to show lower levels of homophobia than the EU average, perhaps being related to their extremely low levels of religiosity compared to other former Eastern bloc countries, and their relatively high levels of economic well-being.

In terms of countries in Europe where discrimination is more widespread, there is a clear trend towards post-communist countries, particularly where religious adherence is stronger, as well as countries in south-eastern Europe. Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Greece all have more than half of LGBT respondents agreeing that they experienced discrimination, with other notable countries which rank above the EU average including Poland and Germany. Poland's conservative government have come in for criticism since they took office in 2015 for being particularly vocal against LGBT rights, having enacted laws which ban schools from teaching children about LGBT issues, make it more difficult for gay or lesbian couples to adopt, and having proposed a constitutional amendment which would outlaw gay marriage.

In the European Union, people who identity as being lesbian or gay are more likely to be open about their sexual orientation than bisexual, trans, and intersex people. In a survey conducted in 2019 in ** EU countries, bisexual men and intersex people were mostly never or almost never open about their sexual orientation. In particular, only ***** percent of bisexual men were very open about it. Overall, the Netherlands and Denmark recorded the highest percentage of LGBTI people being open about their sexual orientation.

According to survey conducted in eight countries, Spain is the country where people are more likely to identify themselves part of the LGBTQ+ community. It is also the country in which respondents stated more often to have a close friend or relative who is part of the LGBTQ+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, among others). Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Denmark, on the other hand, record the highest share of respondents who were neither part of the LGBTQ community nor knew anyone who is part of it.