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AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
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The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, & queer people belong everywhere and n live openly and thentilly whout discrimatn, harassment, or vlence. The ACLU Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Project seeks to create a jt society for all LGBTQ people regardls of race or e. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu.
But for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) people worldwi, beg open and out means alg wh discrimatn, harassment, or worse. Acrdg to PRRI, roughly two-thirds of Amerins oppose allowg small bs to refe to provi goods or servic to gay or lbian people bee would vlate their relig beliefs. Only one state — Wt Virgia — has ls than a majory of rints who oppose relig refals to serve gay and lbian people.
FLORIDA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASSING: ‘THE AIR WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ROOM’. In the 2019 Amerin Valu Atlas, 5% of Amerins intify as LGBT, cludg 2% who intify as gay or lbian, 3% who intify as bisexual, and ls than 1% who intify as transgenr. In 2019, a majory (56%) of Amerins said they 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, cludg 25% who strongly oppose this policy.
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Over the last three years, there has been a most cle opposn to religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people. Shifts among subgroups om 2016 to 2019 appear most promently among groups that have been most opposed to allowg religly based service refals of gay and lbian people. Seven ten (70%) Democrats and a majory (57%) of pennts oppose religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people.
About four ten (39%) Republins oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, pared to a majory (55%) who support such a policy. Black Amerins (63%) are likelit to oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, followed by Hispanic (58%), Asian Amerin and Pacific Islanr (58%), multiracial (56%), and whe (54%) Amerins. Younger Amerins (ag 18-29) are more likely than senrs (ag 65 and olr) to oppose religly based refals to gay and lbian people (62% vs.