“LGBT Amerins for”: Printial Electns and the Movement for Gay Rights, 1980-2020 | Rothermere Amerin Instute

Contents:

• TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
• A MARRIED GAY MAN IS NNG FOR PRINT. THAT’S A BIG AL.
• GAY, SGLE, DIVORCED, REMARRIED: DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT REFLECT THE CHANGG AMERIN FAY
• PETE BUTTIGIEG SAYS GAY PRINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ELECTED BUT DON'T KNOW WHICH ON: 'MY GAYDAR DON'T EVEN WORK THAT WELL THE PRENT'
• “LGBT AMERINS FOR”: PRINTIAL ELECTNS AND THE MOVEMENT FOR GAY RIGHTS, 1980-2020
• A GAY PRINT? THE MAJORY OF AMERINS BELIEVE THE UNTRY ISN’T READY

TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT

” Two-thirds of LGBTQ voters say the rults of the 2020 printial electn have them feelg optimistic about the future; though 77% exprs ncern that the new Supreme Court will overturn marriage equalyIssu Impactg the LGBTQ Vote: COVID-19 rponse, healthre, racial jtice, followed by LGBTQ equalyCOVID-19 Rponse is the Number One Issue for LGBTQ Voters: 36% Face Mental Health Issu after COVID-19New York, NY – GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, released the fdgs of s 2020 Post-electn Poll of LGBTQ registered voters, cludg a phenomenal turnout of the LGBTQ vote, a surge of first-time LGBTQ voters, an overwhelmg vote for Print-elect Bin, wh vot motivated by three top issu urgently mandg a more robt rponse om our natn’s lears: COVID-19, healthre and racial jtice. GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, is releasg the fdgs of the first of an ongog seri of polls to gge and track motivatn, enthiasm, and issu ahead of the 2022 midterm electns takg place November. Nearly 180 bills have been proposed 2022, most (97) targetg transgenr people and youth, wh a new foc on anti-LGBTQ school policy bills (69) that ban classroom nversatn and books about LGBTQ people unr the guise of “parents’ rights, ” like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

A MARRIED GAY MAN IS NNG FOR PRINT. THAT’S A BIG AL.

An unscientific survey last month by the gay social app Hor dited that 45 percent of s Amerin rponnts were votg to re-elect the print.

But a Morng Consult poll om June found 19 percent of LGBTQ voters backed Tmp, while GLAAD's State of LGBTQ Voters report September reported jt 17 percent of LGBTQ registered voters were supportg the 's poll rults were siar to ex poll fdgs om 2016, which found that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr voters backed Hillary Clton over Tmp by 74 percent to 14 percent.

'100 percent on board'While the precise numbers may be uncerta, Tmp's msage is appealg to some segment of the LGBTQ Kazmierczak, a gay real tate agent Virgia who said he's "100 percent on board" wh the print, blam Democrats for fixatg on inty polics. "Kazmierczak lled Tmp a “stnch supporter of gay people and their rights, ” but he said he mak a distctn when to relig groups.

GAY, SGLE, DIVORCED, REMARRIED: DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT REFLECT THE CHANGG AMERIN FAY

On May 31, 2019, he regnized June as Pri Month for the first time a seri of tweets that doubled down on his mment to crimalizg homosexualy abroad. It ma Grenell the first openly gay person named to a Cabet-level months later, Grenell was appoted the Tmp mpaign's senr adviser on LGBTQ outreach. "A lot of people jt don't like to be told they n only thk a certa way, and that's exactly what the left do, " said Bob Kabel, chair of the Log Cab Republins, a natnal gay nservative group.

"You're acced of beg a racist or a homophobe if you don't agree wh everythg they say, and a lot of people are jt tired of that. "Others have rporated their support for Team Tmp to their fluencer brands, like lbian YouTuber Arielle Srcella, gay polil mentator Dave Rub and bi glam rocker Ricky Rebel, who appeared at the Grammys red leather chaps wh the words "IMPEACH THIS" wrten across his backsi. #WalkAway founr Brandon Straka wh Jeane Pirro on Fox NewsIn 2018, Brandon Straka was an unknown gay hairstylist and aspirg actor.

"Some voters are askg themselv, 'Do I vote as a gay person who is worried about my eedom and equaly, or do I vote as someone who's fearful for what the hell is gog on my untry? Dan Inn, real tate veloper Jill Homan and var members of the Log Cab Smh, a Black gay Iraq War veteran, is on the Tmp Pri board.

PETE BUTTIGIEG SAYS GAY PRINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ELECTED BUT DON'T KNOW WHICH ON: 'MY GAYDAR DON'T EVEN WORK THAT WELL THE PRENT'

"Right now, there are so many gays and lbians that are beg manipulated and ma to feel that they're unr nstant attack all the time by this admistratn, which is jt not the se, " he said. "We don't need lears to say, 'Hey, gay people, we're gog to do the thgs for you, ' bee a risg ti lifts all boats, " he said. "If Tmp is helpg stimulate the enomy, if he is helpg wd down forever wars, if he is dog thgs that benef Ameri, then gay and lbian Amerins are gog to benef, as well.

"The Democrats are takg the gay muny for granted, acrdg to Smh, who said his goal on the Tmp Pri advisory board is to reach younger LGBTQ people "so that they don't see themselv as victims. "In July, the Log Cab Republins lnched OUTSpoken, a multimedia mpaign signed to "bat the half-tths, misreprentatns and outright li that the gay left and the mastream media proliferate. "Asked about Tmp's attu toward the LGBTQ muny, Kabel offered a seri of well-rehearsed talkg pots: Tmp is "the most gay-iendly print, " same-sex marriage is settled law, Tmp-nomated Supreme Court Jtice Neil Gorsuch wrote the pro-LGBTQ cisn Bostock v.

“LGBT AMERINS FOR”: PRINTIAL ELECTNS AND THE MOVEMENT FOR GAY RIGHTS, 1980-2020

"Trans rights: A ‘perplexg’ issueLike many other gay nservativ, however, he seems to disnnect gay rights and transgenr rights. Aaron Schock, while the mpaign’s store sells T-shirts bearg slogans like "gay for Tucker" "gay for Melania" and "gay not stupid.

”OUTspoken sent Brokeback Patrt, who has stated trans women are not women, to New Orleans’ Southern Dence party to ask passersby if they thk Tmp is “pro-gay. Acrdg to the GLAAD poll, however, 19 percent of trans and nonbary registered voters were supportg Tmp — more than eher gay men (17 percent) or lbians (11 percent). "He poted to the admistratn's mpaign to crimalize homosexualy, which, a year and a half after was announced by Grenell, "has acplished lerally nothg, " he said.

Should Buttigieg w his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomatn, he will bee the first nomee of a major polil party who publicly intifi as gay. That a gay married man is nng a ser mpaign for print, however, is a big al, and we shouldn’t let the improbabily of his ndidacy stop om acknowledgg this moment.

A GAY PRINT? THE MAJORY OF AMERINS BELIEVE THE UNTRY ISN’T READY

Barack Obama beme Print, and although he was supportive of expandg legal rights for the LGBT muny and gay upl, he was on the rerd durg his mpaign as beg opposed to same-sex marriage. In 2010, Print Obama signed to law the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act, endg a policy enacted 1993 that prevent gay men and lbians om servg openly the ary.