Weak Data, Small Samples, and Politicized Conclusions on LGBT Discrimination

January 12, 2020 | by Mark Regnerus

The measurement, analytic, and interpretive decision-making displayed in much (though certainly not all) of the LGBT discrimination and well-being literature is troubling, indicative of a lack of standards, poorly defined concepts, impressionistic conclusions derived from small numbers of interviews, the politicization of results, and the overall novelty of the field.