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LGBTQ+ Equality Support Is at Record High But Some Troubling Trends Exist: Report
Support for equal rights for LGBTQ+ Americans is at a record high — but there are “disturbing” downward trends and misunderstandings in certain areas, according to GLAAD’s latest “Accelerating Acceptance” study.
The 2023 study, released Thursday and based on a survey conducted in February, found that 84 percent of respondents endorsed equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, the largest percentage since GLAAD initiated the study in 2015. That’s up from 81 percent in 2022 and 79 percent in 2021. That is “the most important finding,” GLAAD notes in its report, but there is also some troubling data that reflects the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric coming from right-wing politicians.
“Of non-LGBTQ Americans, 66% believe the false claim that the LGBTQ community is one group who all share similar needs and issues, and 54% believe the false claim that people who use they/them pronouns are ‘in the process of figuring out who they are,’” the report’s executive summary states. “In truth, individuals use pronouns to express themselves as who they are in their fullness. And the LGBTQ community is everywhere, is multifaceted, and exists in all parts of society; the community’s needs and truths are as varied as the people who comprise it.”
...Some confusion remained around transgender and nonbinary identities, with half of respondents saying they find trans and nonbinary people “new and unfamiliar.” In addition, 55 percent agreed with the statement “I am confused by all the different letters and terms to describe individuals who comprise the LGBTQ community.”
The 2023 study, released Thursday and based on a survey conducted in February, found that 84 percent of respondents endorsed equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, the largest percentage since GLAAD initiated the study in 2015. That’s up from 81 percent in 2022 and 79 percent in 2021. That is “the most important finding,” GLAAD notes in its report, but there is also some troubling data that reflects the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric coming from right-wing politicians.
“Of non-LGBTQ Americans, 66% believe the false claim that the LGBTQ community is one group who all share similar needs and issues, and 54% believe the false claim that people who use they/them pronouns are ‘in the process of figuring out who they are,’” the report’s executive summary states. “In truth, individuals use pronouns to express themselves as who they are in their fullness. And the LGBTQ community is everywhere, is multifaceted, and exists in all parts of society; the community’s needs and truths are as varied as the people who comprise it.”
...Some confusion remained around transgender and nonbinary identities, with half of respondents saying they find trans and nonbinary people “new and unfamiliar.” In addition, 55 percent agreed with the statement “I am confused by all the different letters and terms to describe individuals who comprise the LGBTQ community.”
https://www.advocate.com/news/glaad-accelerating-acceptance-2023