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Though unlikely, if Obergefell was overturned, same-sex marriage would likely remain protected in the U.S. under the Respect for Marriage Act. The gay liberation movement achieved a victory in Dec. when the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder and the American Psychological Association did the same in [24] The increased visibility of the gay community prompted a well publicized backlash by opponents of gay-rights.

The ATP is a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view the impact of Obergefell and social acceptance for LGBTQ people more broadly 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

Hodges ruling legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Like the ATP, the Opinion Panel and KnowledgePanel are probability-based online survey web panels recruited primarily through national, random sampling of residential addresses. Democrats include those who identify as Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party.

References to White, Black and Asian adults include only those who are not Hispanic and identify as only one race. This project builds on a similar survey we conducted in among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults and a series of focus groups that explored the experiences of transgender and nonbinary adults.

Gender was collected for analysis and not as a screening question. All references to party affiliation include those who lean toward that party. Hispanics are of any race. Respondents indicated whether they are a man, a woman, nonbinary or describe their gender in some other way.

References to LGBTQ adults include adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. Republicans include those who identify as Republicans and independents who lean toward the Republican Party.

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Throughout this report, references to gay, lesbian and bisexual adults exclude those who are transgender. They also address significant data gaps where internal diversity or emerging demographic or social identities are not represented in traditional data sources.

June 26,marks 10 years since the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. The number of queer respondents who do not identify as gay or lesbian, bisexual, or trans is too small to analyze separately. Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer.

They were asked separately to indicate their sexual orientation, if they are transgender and if they consider themselves queer. Together, studies like these provide a composite snapshot of American identity.

The survey is weighted to be representative of the U. LGBTQ adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other factors. Queer adults are included in the total and in the gay or lesbian, bisexual, and trans totals if they indicated they also identify with these terms.

Transgender adults are of any sexual orientation. The views and experiences of Asian Americans are not analyzed separately in this report due to sample limitations. Here are the questions used for this analysisthe topline and the survey methodology.