Public opinion about LGBTQ+issues: sexual orientation, gay marriage, “don’t ask/don’t tell”, and more.
LGBTQ+
Topics at a Glance
Issue Brief
Fifty Years Since Stonewall
Over the fifty years that have passed since the Stonewall riots, public opinion on LGBTQ issues has undergone a radical change. Polls measuring that change have increased in frequency and broadened in scope, shifting focus as new debates came to the forefront of public discussion, and providing a microcosm of the transformation in social awareness and understanding of LGBTQ people and their experiences.
Alternative Lifestyles
Public Perspective, January/February 2000. However much actual discrimination there is, do you think there is more homophobia or less ...
Views of Homosexuality
Public Perspective, March/April 1993. Since 1973, the National Opinion Research Center has asked Americans whether homosexual relations are wrong or ...
Related Data
Pew Research Center's 2013 Survey of LGBT Adults
This dataset, originally published in April 2013, features a sample of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans and contains questions on topics related to their sexual orientation and identity.
PSRA/Newsweek Polls - Gay and Lesbian Issues
These two PSRA/Newsweek polls featuring a range of questions about gay and lesbian issues were conducted at the turn of the century.
Charts & graphics
Infographic: The Public and Transgendered People, by the numbers