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. The poll measur how motivated LGBTQ likely voters are
Contents:
- HOW IMPORTANT IS THE GAY AND LBIAN VOTE FOR THE UPG ELECTN?
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- GAY RIGHTS
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE GAY AND LBIAN VOTE FOR THE UPG ELECTN?
A gay pri and an Amerin flag hang om a shoulr bag durg a monstratn outsi of the Phillip Burton Feral Buildg 2011 San Francis, Cal. Photo by Jt Sullivan/ Getty Imag. "This didn't happen Nashville." That's what I told our meraman last month when he filmed the gay pri flag-raisg ceremony at San Francis Cy Hall. We were producg a PBS NewsHour segment on the polil reactn to Print Obama's cisn * the gay vote *
But gay polil activism was rarely the news there, and I n’t image any mayor any Tennsee cy raisg a Pri flag over town hall; Nashville, spe s progrsivism, is still the Bible Belt (the ma gay strip Nashville is on Church Street). But every June here, the mayor and most other lol polil heavyweights attend the annual Alice Pri Breakfast, helpg raise money for one of the cy’s two major LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) Democratic polil clubs.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * the gay vote *
The Obama mpaign seems to thk so: there’s an “Obama Pri” webse voted to the LGBT muny; first lady Michelle Obama recently held a nference ll wh gay activists enuragg them to hold “Pri” hoe parti; the mpaign has a staff dited to gettg out the LGBT vote; and the mpaign is raisg funds om this muny.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Hoe legislatn difyg protectns for gay marriage passed spe the fact that a big majory of the Hoe Republin uc opposed . * the gay vote *
Sherrill said the gay vote ma the marg of victory North Carola that year and said uld aga this November: “This is a group of reliable voters who turn out to vote more than most people do, who appear to be registered to vote more than most people are and who are one of the handful of most Democratic groups the electorate. Thanks to new marketg technologi, Egan said both parti, Republin and Democratic, are more often targetg segments of the populatn wh tailored mpaign msag: “Republins do that wh evangelil Christians, and Democrats do that wh gay voters and other nstuent groups. Gary Gat, a profsor at the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law — which foc on sexual orientatn and genr inty law and public policy — said that polis may have cid that gay issu have bee signifint enough for the general populatn that polil mpaigns feel they are worth fightg for.
GAY RIGHTS
* the gay vote *
Regardg the fluence of gay polil donors and activists: they aren’t necsarily richer than their straight unterparts, but bee they aren’t as likely to have children, they may be more able to donate time and money to polil mpaigns, said Gat. ” 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.