Sexuality and Gender Identity: Individual Well-being and Public Opinion

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel focuses on studies of public opinion regarding LGBT+ rights/issues. One of the presentations is a summary of findings from the Consensus Study on the Well-being of Sexual and Gender Diverse People in the US. The other papers investigate themes that include some of the following questions: the role of public opinion in explaining shifts in political elites’ attitudes toward LGBT+ rights; whether public opinion research in LGBT+ rights can be generalized across other policy areas, such as the legalization of marijuana; and a “plateau” in public opinion toward LGBT+ rights for those born between 1952 and 1965.

Sub Unit

• Division 47: Sexuality & Politics

Cosponsors

• Division 37: Public Opinion

• Related Groups / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus

Individual Presentations

• Cohorts and Support for Marriage Equality - Gregory B. Lewis, Georgia State University

• Consensus Study on the Well-being of Sexual and Gender Diverse People in the US - Andrew R. Flores, American University

• Is Research on LGBTQ Issues Generalizable?: Why Mass Opinion Evolves - Jeremiah Garretson, Cal State - East Bay

• Where is the Party? Explaining Party Shifts towards LGBT Rights in Europe - Scott Nicholas Siegel, Scott Siegel

Chair

• Leah Christiani University of Tennessee

Discussant

• Leah Christiani University of Tennessee