Letter: How about some coffee and a face-to-face chat?
Everything from “If Trump wins, I’m moving to New Zealand,” to “You’re being too hard on Trump,” to “Rabbi, stick to talking about Judaism.” It’s so tempting to fire off defensive responses by email or join the Internet comment fray.
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GLAAD's 'Accelerating Acceptance' report provides snapshot of Americans' feelings about LGBT issues
GLAAD's 'Accelerating Acceptance' report provides snapshot of Americans' feelings about LGBT issues
GLAAD has released its annual Accelerating Acceptance report; a survey conducted on GLAAD’s behalf by Harris Poll, which reveals a startling level of complacency and ambivalence among Americans on LGBT issues. The survey – fielded online from October 5-7, 2015 among 2,032 adults ages 18 and older – also shows growing levels of acceptance among non-LGBT Americans.
“Complacency is the enemy of social progress,” said GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis. “2015 was a monumental year for the LGBT community, but marriage equality is a benchmark – not a finish line. The hard work of legislative change must go hand in hand with that which cannot be decided in a courtroom: changing hearts and minds.”
The full report is available here: glaad.org/acceptance
Among the survey’s key findings:
- Perhaps because marriage equality was so widely covered by the media in 2015, half (50%) of all non-LGBT Americans are now under the false and potentially dangerous impression that ‘gay people have the same rights as everybody else.’
- Further, many Americans are unconcerned by or unaware of LGBT issues. Over a quarter (27%) of non-LGBT Americans say that violence against transgender people is not a serious problem. This, despite the fact that at least 21 transgender women, mostly women of color, were murdered in the U.S. in 2015.
- Similarly, 37% of non-LGBT Americans say that homelessness among LGBT youth is not a serious problem. According to The Williams Institute at UCLA, however, approximately 40% of all homeless youth identify as LGBT.
- Roughly a third of non-LGBT Americans profess no strong opinion about important LGBT issues. Interestingly, this ambivalence appears across segments, including allies.
- Still, Americans are also growing more comfortable with LGBT people. In fact, in most situational questions surveyed (6 of 7), Americans report less discomfort with LGBT people than was reported the previous year:
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Gay? Good at Keeping Secrets? Have We Got a Job for You!
Gay? Good at Keeping Secrets? Have We Got a Job for You!
Britain’s leading activist group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans equality today named MI5, the United Kingdom’s domestic intelligence agency, as the number 1 employer for LGBT people in all of the U.K. “Diversity is vital for MI5, not just …
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Seven Convicted in Online Chat Cases Freed, Law Declared Unconstitutional
Seven Convicted in Online Chat Cases Freed, Law Declared Unconstitutional
Few would argue that it’s inappropriate for an adult to send sexually explicit messages to kids online. But it is no longer illegal under state law in Texas. The convictions of seven men who were sent to prison for doing just that were overturned last week …
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions
Mr. Obama has repeatedly taken unilateral action during his seven years in office, asserting the power of his office to sidestep a recalcitrant Congress on gun control, gay rights … three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth …
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Tempe AZ Same Sex Wedding
Tempe AZ Same Sex Wedding
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Lloyd Thornburg to enter his MOD 70 Phaedo 3 in the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race
Lloyd Thornburg to enter his MOD 70 Phaedo 3 in the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race
Team Phaedo has announced its intention of entering the MOD 70, Phaedo 3 in the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race. The boat is currently in Barbados for the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race. Lloyd Thornburg has been campaigning his MOD 70 Phaedo 3 for a …
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MPs say we need more politicians like Donald Trump
MPs say we need more politicians like Donald Trump
Today, MPs will spend three hours in Westminster Hall debating whether Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the United Kingdom in the wake of controversial remarks about Muslims, Mexicans, women and gay people. Similar to American law, British law …
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Wannabe baby-daddies use social media to find surrogate
Wannabe baby-daddies use social media to find surrogate
Fertility Associates head Dr Mary Birdsall said as far as she was aware no gay couple had used IVF surrogacy yet in New Zealand. Hi everyone!We are excited for 2016…as our plan is to start a family and we’re hoping you can help.A little about…
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David Oyelowo and Idris Elba Speak Out Against the 2016 Oscars and Hollywood's Diversity Problem
David Oyelowo and Idris Elba Speak Out Against the 2016 Oscars and Hollywood's Diversity Problem
On Monday, we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. and his dedication to equality in the United States. Ironically … Are women always the love interest or talking about men? Are gay people always stereotyped? Are disabled people ever seen at all?”
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