Critical LGBTQ+ history and far right support

• In Event: Contestation Surrounding Gay Rights in Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Lack of historical knowledge about LGBTQ+ (internal) repression leads to externalizing threats onto out-groups, like immigrants, fostering support for far-right parties. We find supportive evidence that education is key to countering the far-right.

Authors

• Alberto Lopez Ortega, Harvard University

• Ethan John vanderWilden, University of Wisconsin–Madison