Results—surveys with historical comparisons
| Source (date) | Group | Outcome | Before COVID-19 | With COVID-19 |
| Lancashire LGBT (July 2020) | All | Feeling less cheerful | NR | 68% |
| Feeling less good about themselves | NR | 55% | ||
| Feeling less close to other people | NR | 65% | ||
| Thinking less clearly | NR | 57% | ||
| Feeling less confident | NR | 51% | ||
| Dealing with problems less well | NR | 52% | ||
| Feeling less relaxed | NR | 62% | ||
| Feeling less useful | NR | 56% | ||
| Feeling less optimistic about the future | NR | 61% | ||
| Trans men | Average % reduction in well-being | NR | 67% | |
| Trans women | Average % reduction in well-being | NR | 53% | |
| Outlife (June 2020) | Gay | Depressed ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 31.6% | 50.9% |
| Anxious ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 45.4% | 56.4% | ||
| Loneliness ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 34.5% | 58.8% | ||
| Self-harm ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 4.8% | 6.6% | ||
| Lesbian | Depressed ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 46.8% | 64.3% | |
| Anxious ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 64.3% | 67.6% | ||
| Loneliness ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 42.6% | 75.7% | ||
| Self-harm ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 13.4% | 16.0% | ||
| Bisexual | Depressed ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 44.5% | 64.5% | |
| Anxious ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 61.9% | 70.5% | ||
| Loneliness ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 42.6% | 75.6% | ||
| Self-harm ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 12.5% | 15.3% | ||
| Transgender (gender not specified) | Depressed ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 57.8% | 75.7% | |
| Anxious ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 69.4% | 77.0% | ||
| Loneliness ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 44.0% | 79.3% | ||
| Self-harm ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 16.6% | 21.6% |
LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; NR, not reported.