Surprise! Most Americans aren’t angry at LGBT people, they’re angry that society continues to mistreat us.
Esquire and NBC News surveyed 3,000 Americans for a poll called American Rage to get a sense of how angry Americans are leading into the 2016 election, and the findings were shockingly pro-LGBT. Only 22 percent of respondents said they’d be angry at a hypothetical headline that read: “More Than 100,000 Couples Have Wed Since Supreme Court Ruling.”
Apparently, 45 percent of those surveyed were angry at the way LGBT people are treated, and 41percent said they think LGBT people have a right to be angry about our mistreatment. Of course, it wouldn’t be a properly gay-focused poll without at least one question about Our Lady of the Mullet Kim Davis, so it was nice to read that only 24percent of people supported her.
The survey results were so pro-LGBT that the Washington Post said LGBT rights were “the social justice issue that garnered the most agreement” among those polled. However, if you think that means the culture wars are on their way out, the news was less rosy for at least one very famous trans woman.
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A headline reading: “Caitlyn Jenner’s Wedding of the Century!” would make about 41 percent of respondents angry, though to be fair they may just be sick of Caitlyn Jenner and not inherently transphobic. We can relate.
A few other interesting tidbits from the poll: 77 percent of Republicans get angry once a day, compared to 67percent of Democrats, whites and Republicans are the angriest groups in America, and 63percent of people claim that the “American Dream” is either no longer true or never was true.
So, in other words, gay is OK but we’re all screwed anyway. At least we have the Caitlyn Jenner wedding to look forward to.
Phillip Bernal
Except the Bible Thumping RETARDS!
Nathan Lunn
Unfortunately, those that do are often vocal and violent. See Dallas, Texas for reference.
Bob Kellerman
Pictured are my wonderful friends, who were married two years last October, and are enjoying the equal military benefits instituted by President Obama. I love that people keep reaching for their picture as a symbol of love — in fact, it was their first kiss — but it is not the only photo of Gay life, and maybe it gets grabbed and published a bit often.for me. Let’s let them decide if they want to be public figures. (my opinion)
TrueWords
Politicians care and they care WAY too much
Satinder S. Khalsa
you obviously don’t live in the midwest…lol
Aromaeus
This article seems out of place considering 2015 saw an uptick in anti-gay attacks and more Trans people were murdered in 2015 than past years on record but work I guess.
Michael Claypoole
While that’s a good thing it seems like the ones who still do have developed a deeper and more violent hatred.
Eddie Poole-Boccio
I don’t think they got angry to start with. You might have your once in a while pantie-twisted asshat, but I think the media over-hyped it to make it a bigger deal than it actually was. PS…the “church” getting butthurt doesn’t count!
Cj Leto
I hope when phase 5 starts and we remove all sports on television in favor of more project runway and Glee we will also have their support
Luke Ellison
Ooraw
ProfessorMoriarty
@Bob Kellerman: That was some first kiss!
SpunkyBunks
There is way too much emphasis on transgendered rights going on right now. Transgendered people are such a small minority even within the LGBT community. There are now laws in NYC that can get you sued if you call a transgendered person by the wrong sex! That is ridiculous. It is making all of us look petty, and it will probably result in even more discrimination against the LGBT community.
Employers who didn’t discriminate against LGBT new hires will probably start to think twice and avoid us to prevent potential lawsuits. We’re being labeled as overly sensitive crybabies. We need to focus on non-discrimination policies instead of policies that emphasize special treatment.
Aromaeus
@SpunkyBunks: what we really need to do is find people who think like you, round them up and push them off the nearest cliff. 🙂
Masc Pride
Great news! So some of you guys can finally stop looking for every opportunity to whine about “breeders”, childhood bullying and all your past suicide attempts.
Michael Wiedenhoeft-Wilder
I sure hope this true! At the age of 55 and married faithfully to my husband of 19 years, I’m at the end of my rope reading about all the hate filled religious radicals wanting to execute us gays and take away what little rights we have. I just hope I’m dead before someone convinces the American people to change their minds and turn against us. I pray for everyone!!
Evelyn Christie
We need some of that attitude in Scotland !
Giancarlo85
@Aromaeus: You are right to a degree. More and more people are accepting. However when you isolate extremists they react violently. Daesh is being isolated and they are being increasingly violent for example. As brave Iraqi and Kurdish troops tighten the grip on the neck of extremists, violent reactions will take place. A cornered extremist is like a rabid animal.
Michael Miller
So beautiful
Giancarlo85
@SpunkyBunks: You are the kind of person that holds the entire community back. You were probably satisfied with the status quo before we had marriage equality and Don’t Ask, Don’t tell. You were probably satisfied with the joke known as civil unions. The problem with your arguing is that we are winning and look like winners. The only crybaby losers right now is the Christian right.
That law in New York is just something you tried to use to justify your histrionics and illogical argument. You want trans people out because they offend your sensibilities. I am sorry but most of us aren’t scared or cowardly like you.
Windsor519
Instead gay men hate and mistreat each other.
Chris Tan
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/us/top-alabama-judge-orders-halt-to-same-sex-marriage-licenses.html?_r=0
John P Farinhas
who cares what people think!
Kangol
@Bob Kellerman: I love finding out that someone on Queerty knows this couple, who’re now able to celebrate and cement their loving relationship under the law.
Unfortunately there are still too many people who despise gay people. That’s their right, but what should NOT be their right is to enact laws to do so. Full equality under the law should be the goal. We still have a ways to go, but we’re getting there, despite the homophobes and haters.
Sukhrajah
“A headline reading: “Caitlyn Jenner’s Wedding of the Century!” would make about 41 percent of respondents angry, though to be fair they may just be sick of Caitlyn Jenner and not inherently transphobic. We can relate,”
And herein lies an interesting problem with having Caitlyn being the current face of the movement – her connection to the Kardashian family, and their unfathomable attempts at being ‘famous’. Lets say that we took a picture of Laverne, dressed in an wedding gown, looking flawlessly (as she is one to do) – and the same title? Does not the baggage of Caitlyn’s past and family also weigh into the decision making process when selecting her as a ‘poster child’ for this experiment?
moldisdelicious
@Aromaeus:
Exactly. Reality says otherwise. Queerty and some gay people are trying way too hard to convince themselves that homophobia in society among people is disappearing because of the government switching it’s stance towards discrimination of gay people.