FTA: Gerzema suggested the cause of the drop in LGBTQ acceptance is due to young people on social media who are exposed to “mean tweets.”
“Our toxic culture is enveloping young people,” he said.
Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president, said the decline in young Americans’ acceptance of LGBTQ is surprising, given their contact with more people who identify as such, noted the news report.
In the report, GLAAD notes that “young people are identifying as LGBTQ in higher rates than ever before.”
“This newness they are experiencing could be leading to this erosion,” Ellis said. “It’s a newness that takes time for people to understand. Our job is to educate about non-conformity.”
The LGBTQ activists explain that, when a decline in acceptance of this population was observed among younger males, “GLAAD launched a program dedicated to working with the video game industry on LGBTQ inclusion, to bring LGBTQ characters and stories to a world where male audiences were consuming content.”
According to USA Today, Ellis and Gerzema attribute the drop in LGBTQ acceptance to political rhetoric and policy changes, “such as a ban on transgender people in the military and religious exemption laws that can lead to discrimination, Ellis and Gerzema said. Both are a likely force behind the young’s pushback on tolerance, they said.”
Surely, GLAAD isn't advocating a limit on free speech, are they?? There was a time when homosexuality was called the love that dare not speak it's name. Now it's the love that won't SHUT UP. They're here. They're queer. DILLIGAS? Years ago gay people were referred to in polite society as "theatrical". Today, it's obvious as to why. In light of June being LGBT/FUBAR month the EEVIL corporations have been trying to outdo each other waving the fag flags and showing how "inclusive" they are. And there's gay activists bitching and moaning about it, saying they don't appreciate being exploited for financial gain. While they're right about these corporate PR stunts it shows how people who call themselves gays are so damn miserable.
“At the same time, the Trump administration continues to attack the LGBTQ community through discriminatory policies and targeted rhetoric, and LGBTQ Americans are becoming more vulnerable to hate crimes and violence.”
Like Jussie, right?
This is good news.
JoMa
I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
Young people have discovered that queer behavior is perverted, and want nothing to do with perverts!
Imagine that!
Gays don’t want equality....they want special treatment. This poll is pushback on that idea.