{"id":31695,"date":"2026-06-30T00:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/shifting-attitudes-towards-lgbtq-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T00:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:29:03","slug":"shifting-attitudes-towards-lgbtq-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/shifting-attitudes-towards-lgbtq-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting attitudes towards LGBTQ+ rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s Pride Month in the United States, but a recent poll may dampen celebrations. According to Gallup, support for LGBTQ+ issues is on the decline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The percent of US adults who say changing one\u2019s gender is moral has dropped from 46% to 38% in the last five years. This comes as the Trump administration has pushed back on trans issues \u2013 withholding funds from healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care, investigating schools teaching about gender and sexuality, and pillorying transgender athletes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Views on gay marriage \u2013 an issue some consider settled \u2013 also appear to have shifted. The share of U.S. adults who believe same-sex marriage should be legal has dropped by 6% in the last few years. The sharpest downturn is amongst republicans \u2013 falling from 55% to 37% \u2013 and support from independents also declined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how much should we read into this latest polling? And if this is indicative of a broader societal shift, what\u2019s behind it and what does it mean for the LGBTQ+ community?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guests:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yourredbridge.com\/about\">Albert Eisenberg<\/a>, principal at Red Bridge, a Philadelphia-based political consulting firm, and advisor to the American Unity Fund.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giampololaw.com\/about-angela-giampolo\/\">Angela Giampolo<\/a>, founder of Giampolo Law Group, nationally known as Your Gay Lawyer, and LGBTQ+ legal advocate serving the Philadelphia community.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kellogg.northwestern.edu\/academics-research\/faculty\/thwaites_tessa\/\">Tessa Charlesworth<\/a>, assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Pride Month in the United States, but a recent poll may dampen celebrations. According to Gallup, support for LGBTQ+ issues is on the decline.\u00a0 The percent of US adults who say changing one\u2019s gender is moral has dropped from 46% to 38% in the last five years. This comes as the Trump administration has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11573],"tags":[7,21909,13487,4231,21908,12102],"class_list":["post-31695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philadelphia-breaking-news","tag-when-i-discover-who-i-am","tag-attitudes","tag-lgbtq","tag-rights","tag-shifting","tag-studio-2"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",0,0,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",0,0,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",0,0,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",300,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",1024,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",1536,1536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",2048,2048,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",370,265,false],"kava-thumb-s":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",150,85,false],"kava-thumb-s-2":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",230,230,false],"kava-thumb-m":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",400,400,false],"kava-thumb-m-vertical":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",370,500,false],"kava-thumb-m-2":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",570,450,false],"kava-thumb-l":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",1170,650,false],"kava-thumb-xl":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",1920,1080,false],"kava-thumb-masonry":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",600,999,false],"kava-thumb-justify":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",640,640,false],"kava-thumb-justify-2":["https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LGBTQ_pride_flag_generic_pa_capitol_gov_wolf_062320.jpg",1280,640,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"#RiseCelestialStudios","author_link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/author\/ralph-c\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/category\/philadelphia-breaking-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Philadelphia Viral News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"It\u2019s Pride Month in the United States, but a recent poll may dampen celebrations. 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