Amid rollbacks of federal protections for transgender individuals, a new PRRI survey finds Americans have grown increasingly more supportive of rights for transgender people. Sixty-two percent of Americans say they have become more supportive of rights for transgender people over the last five years, compared to just 25% who say […] Read more »
Changing views of transgender rights
As I’ve noted here before, opinions on gay rights generally have changed faster than those on almost any subject in the history of polling. While views on transgender rights took off later, and haven’t reached the same point yet, the trajectory of the changes in those attitudes is similar. CONT. […] Read more »
Americans’ views flipped on gay rights. How did minds change so quickly?
… As recently as 2004, polls showed that the majority of Americans — 60 percent — opposed same-sex marriage, while only 31 percent were in favor, according to the Pew Research Center. Today, those numbers are reversed : 61 percent support same-sex marriage, while 31 percent oppose it. “You can’t […] Read more »
Gallup First Polled on Gay Issues in ’77. What Has Changed?
Gallup first polled Americans about gays and lesbians in 1977 — when the U.S. gay rights movement was still in its infancy, and openly gay politician Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Gay rights activists at the time enjoyed momentum from the 1969 riots at […] Read more »
Support for Gay Marriage Stable, at 63%
A majority of Americans (63%) continue to say same-sex marriage should be legal, on par with the 64% to 67% Gallup has recorded since 2017. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Majority of Public Favors Same-Sex Marriage, but Divisions Persist
After years of generally steady increases, opinions about same-sex marriage are mostly unchanged since 2017. Today, a majority of Americans (61%) favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, while about half as many (31%) oppose same-sex marriage. CONT. Pew Read more »