Satisfaction with attitudes toward LGBTQ people lowest since 2013: Survey
Satisfaction with attitudes toward LGBTQ people are the lowest they have been since 2013, a survey from Gallup shows.
In the survey, 51 percent of respondents said “the acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the nation” made them “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied.” That is the lowest satisfaction rating of the acceptance of gay and lesbian people since 2013, when 49 percent said the acceptance of those groups made them feel the same.
The LGBTQ community has faced pressure in recent years, especially as debates about transgender policies have entered the political arena. During the 2024 presidential election, the Trump campaign put out advertisements depicting then-Vice President Kamala Harris as extreme due to her previous support of trans-inclusive policies.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order recognizing male and female as the only two sexes and guiding federal agencies to halt promotion of the concept of gender transition.
“As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female,” Trump said during his inaugural address last month.
Americans’ satisfaction with the acceptance of transgender people did rise between 2023 and 2024, with 38 percent saying the acceptance in their country made them “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” this year versus 36 percent saying the same the previous year, according to the poll.
The Gallup survey took place Jan. 2-15 among 1,005 people with plus or minus 4 percentage points as the margin of sampling error. There were also 500 and 505 people in two smaller samples, with both featuring plus or minus 6 percentage points as the margin of sampling error.
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