Poll conducted by Franklin & Marshall College, published October 26, 2023. 873 respondents from Pennsylvania.
Source: [Asked of Registered Voters] Do You Personally Support or Oppose Laws That Protect Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People against Discrimination in Jobs, Public Accommodations, and Housing? Polling the Nations, https://ptn.infobase.com/articles/UG9sbFF1ZXN0aW9uOjc5ODk2Mg==?aid=16705
Despite advances made at the federal level, LGBTQ+ people continue to face discrimination and obstacles to equality in some states. ... Despite general agreement among the national public that the law should protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, there has been a rise in overtly anti-LGBTQ+ legislation at the state level since the mid-2010s. ... The surge in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation led the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a national nonprofit organization focused on advancing LGBTQ+ rights, to issue a report declaring a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans in 2023.
Source: "LGBTQ+ Community Equality." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/QSQWGQ847960079/OVIC?u=rock77357&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=18a1c5f0. Accessed 25 July 2024.
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