Lesbian, gay and bisexual online daters report positive experiences – but also harassment
A majority of LGB adults report that they have used an online dating site or app, roughly twice the share of straight adults who say the same.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
A majority of LGB adults report that they have used an online dating site or app, roughly twice the share of straight adults who say the same.
A majority of Americans say the country still hasn’t gone far enough in giving women equal rights with men.
Only 19% of those who identify as bisexual say all or most of the important people in their lives are aware of their sexual orientation.
The share of Americans who favor same sex marriage has grown in recent years, though there are still demographic and partisan divides.
With this year’s midterm elections just a week away, here are some key findings from Pew Research Center surveys over the past several months about some of the dynamics and issues shaping the battle for Congress.
Most Christians in America say that whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their sex at birth. Yet, many religious “nones” have different views.
While eight-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say that whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth, most Democrats and Democratic leaners (64%) take the opposite view and say a person’s gender can be different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
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Americans’ views toward those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) have changed substantially in recent years.
While a growing number of LGBT politicians have been elected to public office and attitudes toward the LGBT community have become much more favorable over the past decade, survey data suggest that being gay or lesbian remains an obstacle for candidates running for president.
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