Plus: 5.3 million LGBT adults are religious

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** LGB Republicans less connected to the LGBT community than LGB Democrats
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A new report from the Generations Study ([link removed]) finds differences between LGB Republicans and Democrats in how they view their sexual identity and how they connect to the LGBT community. Compared to LGB Democrats, fewer LGB Republicans say they feel a part of the LGBT community and view participation in the community as a positive thing. In addition, more LGB Republicans than Democrats say they would want to be completely heterosexual (41% v. 17%, respectively), and being LGB is a personal shortcoming (38% v. 16%, respectively).
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** LGBT People and Religion
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** Op-Ed: The Facts About Faith
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Our recent study examining religiosity among LGBT adults finds that 47% of LGBT people in the U.S.—an estimated 5.3 million adults—say that religion is important to them, attend religious services, or both. The demographic patterns observed in the general population are also seen in LGBT populations. For instance, among LGBT adults, middle-aged and older adults, Black adults, and those living in the South are most likely to be religious.
In an article published in The Advocate ([link removed]) last month, Brad Sears demonstrates how our research counters the misconception that LGBT people and religion are at odds."Positioning religious liberty and LGBT rights as inherently in conflict is a familiar stance that has animated federal policy under the Trump administration and guided decisions in a number of state courts and legislatures. But what this framing misses is that almost half of LGBT people in the U.S. are also people of faith."
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