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Newsweek
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Gay People Have More in Common With Straight People Than Trans People: Poll
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Gay and lesbian adults identify more with straight and bisexual individuals, nearly doubling in percentage compared to what they have in common with transgender individuals, according to a new survey. Why It Matters It's approaching 10 years to the day since the U.S. Supreme Court guaranteed rights to same-sex marriage in the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, effectively raising public awareness and sentiment towards gay unions. The Trump administration successfully ran on LGBTQ issues including limiting genders to two (male and female), and banning male-born transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. What To Know A new survey published Thursday by the Pew Research Center looked into how LGBTQ adults see the impact of Obergefell, how they view social acceptance for LGBTQ adults more broadly, and how their personal experiences align with public opinion. About half of gay and lesbian adults said they have a great deal or a fair amount in common with bisexual people (50 percent) and straight people (51 percent), compared to 28 percent who said they have a lot in common with transgender people. A person holds a transgender pride flag during a rainstorm at the 'Trans Day of Visibility Rally' hosted by the Christopher Street Project on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2025. A person holds a transgender pride flag during a rainstorm at the 'Trans Day of Visibility Rally' hosted by the Christopher Street Project on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2025. BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images While roughly 70 percent of transgender adults say they have feared for their personal safety at some point, roughly 52 percent of gay or lesbian adults and 28 percent of bisexual adults said the same. While transgender respondents said they had more in common with gay or lesbian individuals and people who are bisexual, both at 63 percent, just 27 percent of them said they had a lot in common with most people who are straight. Overall, consistency has continued in terms of American sentiment overall on gay marriage—climbing from 31 percent of support prior to legalization in 2004, to 55 percent support in 2015. In 2023, about 63 percent supported it. While most surveyed LGBTQ adults said there is more acceptance today compared with 10 years ago for gay, bisexual and transgender individuals—with an expectation of even more acceptance a decade from now—they acknowledge that different groups under the LGBTQ umbrella are viewed differently in America. Approximately 61 percent of respondents reported a fair amount of acceptance for people who are gay or lesbian, and roughly 52 percent said the same regarding bisexual individuals. But just 14 and 13 percent expressed a great or fair amount of acceptance for nonbinary and transgender individuals, respectively. Pew surveyed 3,959 LGBTQ adults from January 8 to January 19, 2025, prior to Trump being inaugurated for his second term. What People Are Saying President Donald Trump on Truth Social, threatening to withhold "large scale" federal funding from California if a trans girl athlete was allowed to compete in California's state finals: "THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS." M. E. Castle, director of government relations for Texas Values, a Christian advocacy group, in a statement posted to X after the Texas Senate approved a two-gender bill: "The message is clear: You don't mess with Texas women. HB 229 makes sure that the reality and truth of the two sexes is clear in Texas law and never altered by school districts, local cities, or bureaucrats ever again! With today's vote in the Senate, Texas will lay the foundation for protecting women's spaces and opportunities." What Happens Next About 41 percent of transgender adults told Pew they feel extremely or very connected to the broader LGBTQ community, compared with 24 percent of gay or lesbian adults and 18 percent of bisexual adults.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trans advocacy group endorses Grijalva as progressive frontrunner in special election
Adelita Grijalva on on Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Michael MicKisson | Arizona Luminaria Adelita Grijalva has won the endorsement of the country's first organization dedicated to championing pro-trans candidates in her bid to win a special congressional election in southern Arizona, strengthening her ties to trans rights advocacy amid worsening hostility from the federal government — even as some in the Democratic Party move to the right on the issue. Grijalva is campaigning for a chance to represent Arizona's 7th congressional district, a seat held for over two decades by her father, progressive giant Raúl Grijalva, until his death last month at 77 following a long battle with lung cancer. The younger Grijalva, a veteran of Tucson-area politics who currently sits on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, faces a crowded field in July's Democratic primary. But she has quickly emerged as the frontrunner, gathering the required number of signatures to qualify for the ballot within hours of her announcement to run and nabbing endorsements from prominent political figures, including U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego. The Christopher Street Project, a national trans electoral advocacy organization established to counter the GOP's anti-trans focus, announced Wednesday it was backing Grijalva. The group's support cements her progressive bonafides and signals to voters that she hasn't joined the faction of the Democratic Party that is willing to compromise trans rights for electoral appeal. During last year's election, as Republicans and President Donald Trump poured millions into campaign ads attacking trans people, Democratic congressional candidates in red states and battleground states adopted anti-trans talking points of their own. And in January, two Texas Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sided with Republicans to vote for legislation that would have prohibited trans girls in public schools from joining sports teams that best align with their gender identity. In a written statement, Grijalva celebrated the endorsement from the Christopher Street Project and called the anti-trans attacks from Republicans 'hateful, dangerous and shameful.' She vowed to push back on legislation targeting trans people and to keep fellow party members on track. 'In Congress, I'll fight alongside (the Christopher Street Project) to defend our trans communities, hold Democrats accountable to their promises, and push back against every effort to strip away our rights,' Grijalva said. 'Our message is clear: trans people belong, and we won't back down.' Tyler Hack, the 19-year-old founder of the Christopher Street Project, which is named after the New York City street where the Stonewall Inn is located, said that Grijalva was the perfect choice for the organization's first ever political endorsement, given her history of consistent allyship. She has spent two decades on the Tucson Unified School District's governing board and has spent four years on the board of supervisors, where she was often involved with local LGBTQ and Pride month events. 'Adelita Grijalva is a proven champion for trans rights, and in the midst of this unprecedented, state-sponsored attack on trans people, we need her voice in Congress,' Hack said in a written statement. Trump has issued multiple executive orders intended to make it impossible for trans people to live as themselves, including by erasing the federal recognition of trans people's existence, prohibiting pronoun use in federal agencies, threatening to cut federal funding from health care organizations that offer gender affirming care, laying the groundwork to ban trans people from the military and reinterpreting federal protections in a way that excludes gender identity so as to bar trans girls from joining school sports teams that best reflect who they are. The Republican-controlled Congress is in lockstep with Trump's anti-trans vision, proposing bills that discriminate against trans people in athletics, public facilities, housing, school and government identification documents. Hack said the only way to ensure a bulwark against that tide of attacks is by electing Democrats that are serious about protecting trans people. 'The Democratic Party needs to hold up its responsibility to all marginalized peoples, and that includes trans people,' they said. 'Democratic voters aren't happy with the abdication to Trump and to MAGA Republicans. We need fighters who will step up and support trans people in every way that they can.' Along with pushing back on the anti-trans agenda at the federal level, Hack said a pro-trans candidate is needed to help ensure local resources for trans people, which are increasingly under attack from the Trump administration, remain available. That's because the threats from Trump and Republicans in Congress have resulted in state-based organizations complying in advance with discriminatory directives to avoid future consequences — even at the expense of trans people. Shortly after the Arizona branch of Planned Parenthood received a letter from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services instructing it not to use Medicaid funding to pay for gender-affirming care, the organization voluntarily froze its trans health care services out of an 'abundance of caution.' Following public backlash, those services were restored. That, Hack said, is a clear example of a time when a trans-friendly advocate, like Grijalva, can be critical for trans Arizonans. 'Having someone who we can call and who can actually push an organization or a group to stand up for trans people and to not abdicate to Trump's attacks is crucial,' they said. The Christopher Street Project's vote of confidence is also a boost for Grijalva's status as an advocate for LGBTQ rights, helping level the playing field against her most high-profile opponent, former state Rep. Daniel Hernandez. He was one of Arizona's few openly gay state lawmakers, was a founding member of the legislature's LGBTQ Caucus and spent years supporting working to enshrine LGBTQ rights into state statute and speaking out against discriminatory legislation. Hack said the organization is working to mobilize volunteers in Arizona on behalf of Grijalva's bid and pointed out that the election for the congressional district's seat will be one of the first to take place since Trump took office in January. That, they said, gives the organization and trans advocates across the state an opportunity to flex their political muscles. 'This is the first special election in a safe blue or competitive district since Trump took office this year,' Hack said. 'There hasn't been an opportunity to demonstrate trans political power yet, and we're so excited to bring that to Arizona (CD) 7.' The district, which spans much of southern Arizona, leans Democratic, with the percentage of votes cast for Democratic candidates more than doubling those cast for Republicans. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lena Dunham says her sibling's transition was ‘a profound gift to our family'
has delivered a powerful, empassioned speech about the need to support trans people in this difficult political climate. Speaking in front of the US Capitol as part of a rally organised by the Christopher Street Project on International Transgender Day of Visibility, Dunham touched on the 'horrific government abuses' of the Trump administration, before going on to speak about her trans brother, writer Cyrus Grace Dunham. 'When my sister came out as trans, I learned that I actually never had a sister at all, but a wise, funny, resilient, powerful, remarkable brother,' Dunham explained. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) 'I found that the greatest [person] you could have in your corner was not a sister, but it was a happy and embodied sibling and just as divine, a trans person in your family,' the creator went on to say. Later, she extolled the virtues of having a trans family member, noting how much her family has learned from the experience of Cyrus's transition. 'The experience of going through my brother's transition has been a profound gift to our family. We have laughed, we have cried, we have learned and re-learned and laughed some more.' In reference to her and Cyrus's father, the acclaimed artist Carroll Dunham, Lena joked: 'You really have not lived until you have seen a 75-year-old, white, cis man standing in the middle of a party of trans girls trying to call an outfit 'a slay.' He really tried, and we love that for him.' She went on to address the trans and nonbinary community directly, declaring: 'We love you, we see you, we bow down to your charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, and we are so lucky to love you and to fight with you and for you, to learn from you, and to ensure that our rights are inseparable from yours.' Dunham was one of many speakers at the event which also included US representatives Jill Tokuda (Hawaii), Sara Jacobs (California), Summer Lee (Pennsylvania), Katherine Clark (Massachusetts), Robin Kelly (Illinois), Val Hoyle (Oregon), and Maxwell Alejandro Frost (Florida) and Senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii). Later, Dunham reflected on the public appearance on Instagram, writing: 'Speaking at the rally for Trans Day of Visibility organized by @christopherstreetproject yesterday was a total pleasure and honor. We stood in front of the capital celebrating a community that has meant more to me than Instagram allows characters for. 'It's a privilege to get a chance to share the love and joy being in family and community with trans people has given, and to hear these politicians, leaders and organizers offer tangible ways to protect our trans loved ones right now,' the actress continued. 'The crowd and leadership were so inspiring- the youth really will save us, and the elders will show us the way.' You can watch Dunham's speech in full below: The post Lena Dunham says her sibling's transition was 'a profound gift to our family' appeared first on Attitude.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lena Dunham Rallies for Trans Rights Outside the U.S. Capitol
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Lena Dunham stepped out for a good cause. The Girls creator and feminist advocate made a rare public appearance on Sunday to lead a rally for trans rights outside of the U.S. Capitol. The event was hosted by Christopher Street Project, which 'builds and leverages political power to make equity a reality for transgender people across the country,' to mark Trans Day of Visibility, which fell on March 31. Dunham wore a pink sweater and matching eyeshadow in solidarity with the movement (the trans flag is baby-pink, sky-blue, and white), plus black pants and a top knot. The writer and director wasn't the only person to speak at the rally. Other who took to the podium included U.S. representatives Summer Lee (Pennsylvania), Katherine Clark (Massachusetts), Robin Kelly (Illinois), Val Hoyle (Oregon), Jill Tokuda (Hawaii), Sara Jacobs (California), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (Florida), and Senator Brian Schatz. Among other things, the speakers called out President Donald Trump and his administration's attacks on diversity—specifically his recent moves to strip away trans rights. Timed to Trans Day of Visibility, several celebrities have also joined in supporting Mother, Daughter, Holy Spirit (MDHS), a three-part fundraiser for the Trans Justice Funding Project which includes a fashion show, an online pop-up, and a party celebrating trans joy. The online store with limited-edition T-shirts designed by artists, activists, and public figures in support of the trans community is now live here. You can find a list of queer and trans resources to consult for support, aid, and more, here. You Might Also Like 4 Investment-Worthy Skincare Finds From Sephora The 17 Best Retinol Creams Worth Adding to Your Skin Care Routine
Fox News
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Transgender activists' National Mall rally to be joined by a dozen members of Congress: organizers
The Trans Day of Visibility Rally will take place on the National Mall Monday afternoon, with organizers prepared to tell the Trump administration, "We're not going anywhere," according to the organizers' flyer. A dozen congressional lawmakers are expected to make an appearance at the rally. The rally, organized "after relentless attacks from the Trump administration on the transgender community," is one of several large-scale protests and marches held for Trans Day of Visibility on March 31, which was officially designated by former President Biden annually beginning in 2021. The event, organized by the Christopher Street Project – a nonprofit with a PAC focused on electing "champions for the transgender community" – is also supported by a dozen other organizations. Tensions remain high as transgender issues remain a focal point in U.S. politics and the culture war, with several high-profile Democrats, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, coming out in recent weeks against biological men in women's sports. The U.S. Supreme Court will also either decide or hear oral arguments on a number of LGBTQ-related cases this year, while both red and blue states pass their own laws to either limit or expand transgender medical treatments for minors. While Trans Day of Visibility has typically been a celebration in recent years, this year's mood shifted to one of protest against President Donald Trump's gender-related executive orders. Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at limiting gender ideology influence in federal policies and education since taking back the White House. In February, Trump signed an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," banning biological males from participating in female-designated athletic competitions. Trump also signed the "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government" executive order establishing a binary definition of sex as male and female, determined at conception. Over the weekend, several blue cities hosted rallies and festivals, including Trans Fest, which featured an indigenous prayer led by activist Angel C. Fabian, who uses he/she/they pronouns and is known in "ceremonial spaces" as Tlahuizpapalotl, or "Butterfly of Light." The event also offered legal assistance, workshops on rights, political education classes, survival skills and self-defense sessions, according to its advertisement on social media. The National Mall rally is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. ET.
