Amerins rema wily supportive of broad nondiscrimatn protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Gallup fds 5.6% of U.S. adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, wh the majory of them sayg they are bisexual. * lgbt trends 2018 *
At a time when Amerins are creasgly supportive of equal rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people, a growg percentage of Amerins intify themselv as LGBT. [1] The levels of support are siar to earlier, stable support for laws protectg gay and lbian people agast job discrimatn, wh roughly seven ten supportg the protectns 2014 (72%), 2013 (73%), and 2011 (71%). In 2018, approximately six ten (57%) Amerins oppose allowg a small bs owner their state to refe products or servic to gay or lbian people if providg them would vlate their relig beliefs.
* lgbt trends 2018 *
Over the last few years, there has been most fluctuatn attus, wh slightly higher opposn to religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people rerd 2016 (61%) and 2017 (60%). Colorado Civil Rights Commissn, which a Colorado bakery owner claimed he had a right to refe to bake a ke for a gay uple based on his own personal relig objectns.
Three-quarters of Democrats (75%) and a majory of pennts (56%) oppose religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people, pared to 36% of pennts and 20% of Democrats who support such a policy.
By ntrast, only 36% of Republins oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, pared to nearly six ten (59%) who support such a policy. Black Amerins (66%) are likelit to oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, followed by Hispanic Amerins (60%), Asian-Pacific Islanr Amerins (59%), people who are mixed race or another race (58%), whe Amerins (54%), and Native Amerins (52%). Whe evangelil Prottants (55%) and Mormons (54%) stand out as the only relig groups where a majory supports allowg small bs owners to refe to serve gay and lbian ctomers if dog so vlat their relig beliefs; only 37% of whe evangelils and 40% of Mormons oppose this policy.