Social attitudes in Northern Ireland towards LGBTI people are much more positive than they were a decade ago, a newly released Equality Commission survey has found. Positive views of LGB people increased from 57 per cent in 2008 to 83 per cent in 2016 when the latest survey was carried out. And for transgender people, positive attitudes also rose from 48 per cent in 2011 to 78 per cent in 2016.