NET LGBTQIA+ BAROMÈTRE

The 2026–2027 edition of the Net LGBTQIA+ Barometer

With its 18 thematic areas, the Barometer constitutes one of the most comprehensive surveys dedicated to sexually and gender-diverse people. It enables respondents to document their experiences regarding:

  1. their use of the Internet and social media for meeting purposes
  2. the development or maintenance of social, emotional, or sexual relationships with partners met (or not) online, whether these partners are:
    1. steady partners,
    2. casual partners (female and/or male),
    3. within the context of sex work
  3. the disclosure of their sexual orientation or gender identity to relatives and friends, particularly via social media
  4. their belonging to visible minorities
  5. their couple life, particularly with a male partner
  6. relationships developed with casual partners
  7. sexual practices and risk behaviours in these contexts
  8. the use of alcohol and psychoactive substances
  9. engagement in sex work
  10. HIV and HCV testing, treatment follow-up, and treatment simplification strategies
  11. risk-reduction strategies, as well as knowledge and uptake of combination prevention
  12. STIs contracted in the past 12 months
  13. their psychological, interpersonal, and social health, addressed notably through:
    1. body image,
    2. risk-taking in life in general
  14. their sense of discrimination or perception of negative attitudes related to their sexual orientation, gender, HIV serostatus, ethnocultural background, appearance (including overweight), age, social class, as well as religion or beliefs, taking into account the spaces in which these experiences occur (school, workplace, neighbourhood, LGBTQIA+ settings, Internet, healthcare facilities, public space, etc.)
  15. their health concerns, assessed according to intensity with regard to physical, mental, relational, and sexual health
  16. for trans individuals, their transition-related pathway
  17. for cis women and trans men, reproductive health
  18. the explicit consideration of ageing trajectories.

The 2026–2027 edition also aims to address a persistent blind spot in LGBTQIA+ health research: the explicit consideration of ageing trajectories. While issues of prevention, sexual health, and discrimination are relatively well documented, dimensions related to ageing — recognition of affective bonds, place within community spaces, existence of a family network or a “chosen family,” anticipation of potential loss of autonomy — remain insufficiently explored in French-speaking quantitative surveys.