Freedom of speech and LGBT rights: Americans’ views of issues in Supreme Court case
60% of Americans think business owners should not have to provide services if it might signal support for beliefs on LGBT issues that they oppose.
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60% of Americans think business owners should not have to provide services if it might signal support for beliefs on LGBT issues that they oppose.
Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
On a couple of policies related to transgender people, there is some agreement among Americans, but views of other policies are more divided.
Thirteen voting members of the 118th Congress identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual – the highest number of openly LGB members in history.
Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary. Also, a rising share of Americans say they know someone who is transgender.
In 24 places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
Americans’ comfort levels with using gender-neutral pronouns to refer to someone have remained static since 2017.
Our new survey focusing on contraception, same-sex marriage and transgender rights finds the public closely divided over some – though not all – of these issues.
President Obama said the inclusion of openly gay athletes in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia underscores American values. Obama and his administration had been viewed positively by LGBT Americans even before this most recent expression of support for LGBT rights.
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