Over the last three decades, many countries across the world, including the United States,
have experienced major increases in support for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual …

In 1972, psychologist George Weinberg's book, Society and the Healthy Homosexual,
introduced readers to a new term, homophobia, and to the then-novel idea that hostility to …

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community includes a diverse set of groups,
including distinct groups based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity, but it is not …

In this study, we employ Weiner's attribution theory of controllability to examine beliefs about
the origins of homosexuality. If the cause of homosexuality is perceived as controllable …

Political scientists are increasingly turning to direct democracy, as practiced in the American
states, to investigate a broad range of questions dealing with median voter preferences and …

Since 1991, public acceptance of gays and lesbians has grown dramatically. We use two
approaches to examine changing attitudes in US survey data. First, we conduct cohort …

Objective. Past research reveals how religion and opinions about the cause of
homosexuality influence attitudes concerning same‐sex unions. No study to date contains a …

Same-sex marriage, a politically and culturally untenable idea only a quarter century ago,
has become one of the most controversial issues in American life. Social conservatives are …

“That's so gay,” a popular expression on campuses, is a sexual orientation microaggression
that can contribute to a hostile environment for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students …

Most public opinion attitudes in the United States are reasonably stable over time. Using
data from the General Social Survey and the American National Election Studies, I quantify …