Akumangazi ukubona, iningi labantu abadala baseMelika elihlolisiswe kule nyanga yiThe Harris Poll, lizwakalisa ukungabaza kanye nesimo sengqondo sokuhamba kancane ekuvuseleleni imikhuba yabo yokuzilibazisa nokuhamba ngezebhizinisi. Ukuvuma ukukhathazeka okukhulu kwezempilo yomphakathi kanye nemikhawulo emisha ekhuthaza ukuhamba okuphephile nemikhuba yokuhlala, ngisho nabahambi abavame kakhulu ukuqapha ekwenzeni izinhlelo zabo ezilandelayo ngokubheka i-coronavirus ubhubhane.

Ngezindlela eziningi, abantu abadala abathandana nabobulili obufanayo, abesilisa abesilisa nabesifazane kanye nabesilisa nabesifazane (LGBT) babonakala belingisa ozakwabo abangewona ama-LGBT, kodwa bahambe ngezindlela ezibalulekile kufaka phakathi imvamisa yabo yokuhamba edlule. Abantu abadala be-LGBT, ngokwesibonelo, babike ukuthi bathathe uhambo lokuzilibazisa olumaphakathi no-3.6 ngonyaka owedlule (uma kuqhathaniswa nohambo lokuzilibazisa olungu-2.3 kubantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT) kanye nohambo lwebhizinisi olungu-2.1, ngokwesilinganiso, uma kuqhathaniswa nohambo olungu-1.2 ngabantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT.
Okunye umehluko omkhulu kuvele kulolu cwaningo:

Abantu abadala be-LGBT banamathuba aphindwe kabili okuhlela ukuhamba ngempelasonto yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo nabantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT (8% vs. 4%).
Ebuzwa ukuthi balindele nini uhambo lokuzilibazisa olulandelayo, Ama-28% abantu abadala be-LGBT baphendule ukuthi kuzokwenzeka ezinyangeni ezine ezizayo (ngoMeyi-Agasti) uma kuqhathaniswa nabangama-21% abantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT. Ngaphezudlwana kwesigamu (51%) sabantu abadala be-LGBT kuqhathaniswa nama-46% wabantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT abalindele ukuvakashela iholidi ngo-2020.
Ama-46% wabantu abadala be-LGBT (uma kuqhathaniswa no-37% wozakwabo abangewona ama-LGBT) alindele ukuthi isimo esiwubhadane sizoxazululwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi sonyaka sokuvakasha ehlobo.

Le ngeminye yemiphumela yocwaningo oluku-inthanethi olwenziwe yi-The Harris Poll phakathi kwabangu-2,508 abamele izwe lonke abantu abadala base-US abaneminyaka yobudala eyi-18 + phakathi kuka-Meyi 6 no-8, 2020. Abaphenduli abadala abangama-284 abazibiza ngokuthi bangongqingili, abathandana nabesilisa nabesifazane kanye / noma i-transgender (i-LGBT ) kufaka phakathi isampula eyeqile.

"AbaseMelika bavame ukuzwa ukuhamba kungukuphila kwabo," kusho u-Erica Parker, uMqondisi Ophethe weThe Harris Poll. “Uphawu lwethu olusha sha luveza ukuthi iningi lethu lizizwa liphikisana, lingenasiqiniseko noma sididekile ukulinganisa isidingo sethu sokuhamba nobungozi bempilo kanye nezixwayiso. Kusikhanyisela ngokukhethekile ukuqhathanisa ukufana nokwehluka phakathi kwethu, kufaka phakathi abahambi be-LGBT. ”

Noma ngabe uhamba noma cha esikhathini esiseduze, abaphenduli be-LGBT babike imizwa ntofontofo kakhudlwana kunabanye abenza lezi zinqumo ezithile zokuhamba namuhla:

Ukuhambela lapho uya khona e-US: 64% LGBT vs. 58% abadala okungewona ama-LGBT.
Ukuhlala ehhotela: 59% LGBT vs. 50% abantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT.
Ukuhlala ku-Airbnb: ama-43% we-LGBT uma kuqhathaniswa nabantu abadala abangama-35% abangewona ama-LGBT.
Izindiza ezindizayo ezindizayo: ama-43% ama-LGBT kuqhathaniswa nabantu abadala abangama-35% abangewona ama-LGBT.
Ukuya eYurophu: ama-35% ama-LGBT vs. ama-28% abantu abadala abangewona ama-LGBT.
Ukuya emcimbini ophithizelayo, ekhonsathini, epaki yetimu noma olwandle: 33% LGBT vs. 25% non-LGBT.
Ukuthatha isikebhe: 31% LGBT vs. 23% non-LGBT.

Ekugcineni, lapho bebuzwa ukuthi yiziphi izimo noma izingxabano eziyoba nomthelela omkhulu ezinqumweni zabo zomuntu siqu ezithanda ukuhamba kwezokungcebeleka ngo-2020, abahambi be-LGBT bathande abangahambisani kahle:

Zinciphise kakhulu izingozi zezempilo zomphakathi: 60% LGBT vs. 54% non-LGBT.
Isidingo esinamandla sokuhamba / ukuguqulwa kwendawo: 54% LGBT vs. 43% non-LGBT.
Izithenda zokuhamba eziphoqayo nezenyuso: 47% LGBT vs. 36% non-LGBT.
Isifiso somuntu siqu sokusekela indawo oya kuyo nomnotho wendawo: 48% LGBT vs. 33% non-LGBT.

"Ucwaningo lwangaphambilini lusitshela ukuthi ukuhamba kuhlala kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kubathengi be-LGBT - noma ngabe banqoba izingqinamba," kusho uBob Witeck, uMongameli weWiteck Communications, isazi semakethe ye-LGBT. “Lokhu sikubone ngo-2001 kulandela u-9/11, kanye nangemva kokwehla kwamandla omnotho ngo-2009, lapho abantu abadala be-LGBT bekhombisa ukulangazelela okukhulu ukuhamba futhi. Uma izimo zivuma, nomnotho uvuleka, silindele ukuthi abahambi be-LGBT bazophinde batholakale beqonde phambili kolayini abaningi ezikhumulweni zezindiza, emahhotela nasezindaweni ezifiselekayo. ”

"Sonke esisebenza kwezokuvakasha ze-LGBTQ + sikubonile ukuqina nokwethembeka komphakathi wethu wezokuvakasha, kepha ukuthola imininingwane yokusekela lokhu kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abahambi be-LGBTQ + bayaziswa njengoba imboni yezokuvakasha iqala ukuvuselelwa kwayo," kusho uJohn Tanzella, UMongameli / i-CEO ye-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association. "Siyajabula ukubona ukuthi iHarris Poll ibeka abahambi be-LGBTQ + phambili nokuthi lokhu okutholakele emphakathini we-LGBT wase-US kuhambisana nocwaningo lwethu lwakamuva lwe-LGBTQ + yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke."

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