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Out at APR now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Article title: Language and LGBTQ Politics: The Effect of Changing Group Labels on Public Attitudes Abstract: The labels used to describe sexual and gender minorities in the U.S. have shifted over time and become increasingly inclusive. Movement organizations have changed from describing the “lesbian, gay, and bisexual” (“LGB”) community to adding transgender (“LGBT”) and then also queer (“LGBTQ”) identities. Do these different labels affect public views of the group and support for their rights? I embedded a question wording experiment in a statewide survey, asking respondents about either LGB, LGBT, or LGBTQ people. The labels had no discernible effect on (1) support for requiring businesses to serve the group; nor (2) views of the group’s political leanings. There is no evidence that ideology and partisanship moderated these null effects: liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, were unaffected by the changing designations. This suggests public attitudes are not contingent on how the LGBTQ community is labelled, a finding with implications both for movement organizations and survey researchers.
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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New #LGBTQResearch from me: Do voters have different views about "LGB", "LGBT", and "LGBTQ" rights?

A survey experiment randomized the wording and found no differences in responses. More inclusive language did *not* reduce support for LGBTQ rights, or change views of LGBTQ people's politics.
Two plots showing no significant differences in mean responses to "How strongly do you favor or oppose laws that require private businesses to serve [LGB/LGBT/LGBTQ] people" and "In general, how liberal or conservative would you say most [LGB/LGBT/LGBTQ] people are?"
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 PM