• Acceptance of LGBT Sinking Among the Youth, and It's ...

    2019/06/26 · Despite decades of effort by the LGBT community to push acceptance, sometimes to the point of force, a recent poll found that approval among the younger generation is on the decline. According to USA Today, a new Harris poll taken on behalf of GLAAD released on Monday showed that a significant decline has occurred in terms of …

  • The best and worst states for LGBT equality | MSNBC

    2015/10/21 · LGBT equality took a massive step forward in 2014, primarily due to the fact that same-sex couples won the right to marry in 35 states, plus the District of Columbia – nearly double the number ...

  • LGBT in the United States - Wikipedia

    LGBT rights in the US have evolved over time and vary on a state-by-state basis. Sexual acts between persons of the same sex have been legal nationwide in the U.S. since 2003, pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v.Lawrence v.

  • LGBT report: Public support but state opposition; …

    2019/02/03 · As the LGBT community continues to pursue equal rights, it can point to substantial gains at the state level, broad public support and increased momentum toward a federal Equality Act. On the ...

  • Societal attitudes toward homosexuality - Wikipedia

    Societal attitudes toward homosexuality vary greatly across different cultures and historical periods, as do attitudes toward sexual desire, activity and relationships in general. All cultures have their own values regarding appropriate and inappropriate sexuality; some sanction same-sex love and sexuality, while others may disapprove of …

  • HRC's 2019 State Equality Index | Human Rights Campaign

    2015/01/22 · The State Equality Index (SEI) is a comprehensive state-by-state report that provides a review of statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people and their families. The SEI rates all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. in six areas of law and assigns the states to one of four distinct categories.

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    Population that identifies as LGBT: 2.7% Sample size: 2,079 In 2016, Vox reported on the demise of the only gay bar in North Dakota, a rural state the publication described as a "hostile landscape" for its LGBT community. HRC largely confirms that assessment through an analysis of the protections afforded to the state's 15,704 LGBT residents …

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    2019/02/12 · All schools should encourage respect and LGBT acceptance 56 members or leaders of religion and belief groups, educationists, campaigners and school leaders warn the Department for Education ...

  • LGBT Acceptance and Support: The Hispanic …

    LGBT Acceptance and Policy Support: The Hispanic Perspective 1 David Dutwin, Ph.D., Vice President David has a number of key roles in SSRS, including sample design, overall project oversight, questionnaire development and

  • Maryland Demands LGBT Acceptance in Foster Homes

    2016/08/29 · Maryland Demands LGBT Acceptance in Foster Homes News: Government by Church Militant • ChurchMilitant.com • August 29, 2016

  • United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality | …

    2018/02/19 · In response to the state’s “license to discriminate” bill, Steve Long displays a sticker welcoming LGBT customers to his restaurant in Jackson, MS, on October 2, 2017. (New York, February 19 ...

  • What's The Best State in America For Gay Rights? The …

    2014/06/23 · The state also has some of the best LGBT rights in America, with full adoption rights, civil partnerships, discrimination laws, anti-bullying legislation, and other protections. Oregon also allows ...

  • 「人口の3.5%がゲイ?」 米Gallup社-LGBT比率調査を発 …

    2013/03/01 · This is the largest single study of the distribution of the LGBT population in the U.S. on record, and the first time a study has had large enough sample sizes to provide estimates of the LGBT population by state.

  • Vermont Leads States in LGBT Identification - Gallup.com

    2020/05/01 · State-level rankings by the portion of adults identifying as LGBT clearly relate to the regional differences in LGBT social acceptance, which tend to be higher in the East and West and lower in the South and Midwest. Nevada is the

  • Americans less accepting of LGBT people in 2017

    2018/01/25 · For the first time in four years, Americans are less accepting of LGBT people, a survey finds — a setback activists say is stunning but not unexpected after a turbulent 2017. Fewer than half of ...

  • U.S. Homosexuality - Statistics & Facts | Statista

    2017/06/09 · Homosexuality in the United States Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender 2012-2017 Americans who identify as LGBT …

  • LGBT rights in the United States - Wikipedia

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people in the United States may face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Many LGBT rights in the United States have been legalized by the United States Supreme Court, but they continue to vary by jurisdiction, and discrimination in jobs and housing is still legal in …

  • About the Data - The Williams Institute

    2017/12/31 · About the data Analysis in this interactive utilize data collected for the Gallup Daily Tracking survey. Respondents were obtained through list-assisted random digit dial (70% cell phone, 30% landline) and randomly assigned to one of two surveys within the Daily Tracking survey—the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index or the Gallup …

  • LGBT Percentage Highest in D.C., Lowest in North Dakota

    2020/05/01 · The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender ranges from 1.7% in North Dakota to 5.1% in Hawaii and 10% in the District of Columbia, but generally stays close to the national

  • Human Rights Campaign - Growing Up LGBT in …

    2016/06/22 · Growing Up LGBT in America HRC’s report, Growing Up LGBT in America, is a groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17. It provides a stark picture of the difficulties they face — the impact on their well-being is profound, however these youth are quite resilient.

  • Human Rights Campaign - Growing Up LGBT in …

    2016/06/22 · Growing Up LGBT in America HRC’s report, Growing Up LGBT in America, is a groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17. It provides a stark picture of the difficulties they face — the impact on their well-being is profound, however these youth are quite resilient.

  • 25 LGBTQ Friendly Colleges for 2019 | Top Consensus …

    2019/01/25 · 25 LGBTQ Friendly Colleges for 2019 Top Consensus Ranked is one of College Consensus' rankings featuring Princeton University, Harvey Mudd College, University of Pennsylvania, Macalester College, Elon University

  • Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, …

    Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Children BY CAITLIN RYAN, Ph.D., A.C.S.W. Director, Family Acceptance Project – San Francisco State University LGBT Adolescents In the

  • Religious Exemptions and Discrimination against LGBT ...

    2018/03/08 · Summary All anybody is trying to do is live their lives and be given the service, be treated with respect as anyone else is treated. All we want is equality. –Petra E., Biloxi, MS, October 4, 2017

  • Family acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and …

    2020/05/06 · San Francisco State University. (2010, December 6). Family acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide, study suggests ...

  • Examining the Relationship Between Social Acceptance …

    2018/03/01 · This report uses two new measures of LGBT inclusion–the Global Acceptance Index and the Legal Environment Index–to investigate whether there is a connection between the level of acceptance of LGBT people and the level of inclusiveness in the laws of 141 countries around the world.

  • Family Acceptance Project

    Download our newly released Posters to Build Healthy Futures for LGBTQ & Gender Diverse Children & Youth HERE The Family Acceptance Project ® is a research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) children and youth, including …

  • Building Better LGBT Acceptance in Schools

    2016/10/03 · Building Better LGBT Acceptance in Schools Alum Outlines Need for LGBT School District Employee Affinity Groups By: Nicholas A. Love on Oct 3, 2016 in Alumni Focus , Opinion By NLU Alum Kevin O’Connor ’98

  • History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Social ...

    2009/10/22 · Social movements, organizing around the acceptance and rights of persons who might today identify as LGBT or queer, began as responses to centuries of persecution by church, state and medical authorities. Where homosexual

  • The State of Black LGBT People and Their Families | HuffPost

    2014/05/13 · Discriminatory state policies may help explain why Black LGBT people are struggling more than their white LGBT or heterosexual Black counterparts. More LGBT African Americans (15 percent) are unemployed than the general

  • Accelerating Acceptance 2016 - GLAAD

    2 Accelerating Acceptance 2016 Introduction 2015 represented an especially historic year in the movement for LGBT equality, with the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed same-sex couples the right

  • 5 key findings about LGBT Americans | Pew Research …

    2017/06/13 · Perhaps as a result of this growing acceptance, the number of people who identify as LGBT in surveys is also rising. About 10 million people, or 4.1% of the U.S. adult population, identified as LGBT in 2016, according to the latest estimates from Gallup .

  • Why Is There a “Decline in LGBT Acceptance”? | Answers …

    2019/08/08 · The LGBT media monitoring organization, GLAAD, releases the results of their “Accelerating Acceptance Survey” every year, since 2016. The results from the 2018 survey were somewhat surprising—there has been a ...

  • The State of Black LGBT People and Their Families | HuffPost

    2014/05/13 · Discriminatory state policies may help explain why Black LGBT people are struggling more than their white LGBT or heterosexual Black counterparts. More LGBT African Americans (15 percent) are unemployed than the general

  • Family Acceptance of LGBT Adolescents Protects …

    2010/12/06 · LGBT young adults who reported high levels of family acceptance during adolescence had significantly higher levels of self-esteem, social support and general health, compared to peers with low levels of family acceptance.

  • Gay rights in the US, state by state | World news ...

    2015/06/26 · LGBT rights Gay rights in the US, state by state Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues ...

  • The Collegian - LGBT acceptance in high schools a sign …

    2013/06/12 · LGBT acceptance in high schools a sign of attitude change on national scale By Jakki Forester - Jun 11, 2013 0 480 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Many stories in the news recently have focused on increasing efforts to ...

  • Extraordinary Stories 2019 - The Plight of LGBT Refugees

    2019/06/20 · Much like LGBT refugees who fled persecution in Uganda, Somalia and Rwanda and are now struggling to find acceptance in Kenya. Notes: LGBT refugees in Kenya, Trapped between Homophobia, Bureaucracy: KENYA LGBT (2019, May 17).

  • The Independent - Britain reaching 'peak acceptance' for LGBT ...

    2018/05/17 · The study also said that in 2010, 60 per cent of the age group who attended religious services at least once a week viewed homosexuality as always wrong - down from 68 per cent in 1990. This ...

  • Meet six Mississippians accelerating acceptance in the ...

    2016/02/23 · Her work primarily focuses on youth and LGBT advocacy that includes the implementation of anti-bullying policies and other issues where “youth, justice and LGBT rights kind of crosses over.” She also runs Youth of Color , a program that seeks to create Gay-Straight Alliances, and is active in working with several other LGBT rights …

  • Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT ...

    2010/11/15 · ISSUE: The role of family acceptance as a protective factor for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adolescents and young adults has not been established. METHODS: A quantitative measure...

  • LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts - CNN

    2019/12/04 · Read CNN's Fast Facts on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender milestones in the United States, and learn more about their struggle for equal rights. March 1975 - Technical Sergeant Leonard P ...

  • Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects ...

    2010/12/06 · Citation: Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide (2010, December 6) retrieved 30 April This document is subject to copyright.

  • Millennials, Gen Z growing more uncomfortable with LGBT ...

    2019/06/29 · The organization has been tracking this sentiment to measure "the state of America's hearts and minds when it comes to accepting LGBT people," their website states. The report was released ahead of Friday's 50th anniversary of what many see as the inception of the modern LGBT movement in the U.S., the Stonewall riots in New …

  • Here's a Possible Reason Young People Are Less LGBT ...

    2019/07/01 · A new study found that young people's acceptance of LGBT people has dropped by 18 percentage points in the last two years. Nicole Russell / @russell_nm Nicole Russell is a contributor to The Daily ...

  • LGBT Statistics May Surprise You - CreditDonkey

    2018/02/25 · In addition, LGBT youth are 5 times more likely to need medical attention as a result of their suicide attempt than non-LGBT youth. How often does a transgender person attempt to commit suicide? In a study of more than 27,000 transgender people , 40% of them admitted to attempting to commit suicide at least once in their life.

  • It’s Official: America Suddenly Isn’t Comfortable With LGBT ...

    2018/01/25 · The theory that LGBT acceptance in America will only ever increase over time is a reassuring one. The only problem is that it may not be true. A new survey commissioned by the LGBT media-advocacy ...

  • The State of LGBT Equality in Africa

    2018/09/18 · And while a recent win for LGBT activists in Botswana — who earned the right to formally register their advocacy group with the state after petitioning the country's Supreme Court — was a ...

  • Beyond I Do

    In all 50 states marriage is legal. But in 31 states, it’s currently legal to discriminate against LGBT Americans. Get the facts at BeyondIDo.org #BeyondIDo State list LGBT FAQ About Share Beyond I do Beyond I do Map State list ...

  • LGBT rights in India - Wikipedia

    Acceptance of same-sex couples was found to be highest among Hindu respondents. In the 2010s, LGBT people in India increasingly gained tolerance and acceptance, especially in large cities. Nonetheless, most LGBT people in