U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. Here’s why
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For the last few decades, LGBTQ+ rights in America have seen increasing public support. But now, a new survey finds a slight decline in that support for the first time in years. William Brangham speaks with Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, to learn more about the data.
  • BuckFigotstheThird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    643·
    8 months ago

    The data comes from an anti-lgbtq+ organization, so I’m gonna call this bullshit. I’m a pretty salty that PBS even promoted this propaganda.

      • BuckFigotstheThird@lemmy.worldEnglish
        553·
        8 months ago

        The organization who published this survey is ran by a man who received all of their education at a religious colleges in Missouri, decided to start an “American Values Atlas”, and most recently, is pushing a narrative that support for LGBTQ+ people is diminishing, despite other indicators to the contrary. The survey doesn’t disclose who the set of participants is, or how the data was collected, just that large number (22,000) was asked as part of an in-house program (an “American Values Atlas”).

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      I just scanned because it wasn’t written for changes to stand out but it’s the headline that’s wrong.

      I see a lot of lines like

      Americans aged 18-29 show a gradual decrease in support for LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws over the last three years, declining from a peak of 83% in 2020 to 75% in 2023

      Technically correct that support is declining, but it’s still a huge majority