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Gay rights aren't going backwards in the US (although you could argue acceptance isn't going up anymore), there's just a vocal minority being amplified by social media, e.g. news.gallup.com/poll/16…
But I agree with you that there is an issue with liberals taking certain opinions for granted and not explaining why people should be accepti…
Gay rights aren't going backwards in the US (although you could argue acceptance isn't going up anymore), there's just a vocal minority being amplified by social media, e.g. https://news.gallup.com/poll/1651/gay-lesbian-rights.aspx
But I agree with you that there is an issue with liberals taking certain opinions for granted and not explaining why people should be accepting, the hurt it causes others, etc. The right seems better at setting the narrative on social media.
From the linked poll, it does appear than from 2022 to 2023, people are less approving of transpeople even though more of them say they know one....when acceptance of gays was going up, part of it was people discovering that people they knew were gay, and their realization that a beloved family member or friend was gay changed their attitude towards homosexuality. The opposite is happening with transpeople, for a variety of reasons, but given that trans and nonbinary people are the ones getting the most attention (the new pride flags literally have a trans-flag cutting into the rainbow), it’s a bad sign. Most disturbing is that many places that used to be able to have pride events without incident have been forced to cancel.
Possibly, it's hard to tell a trend from only two surveys.
It is interesting though that the people thinking changing gender is moral is about the same who said the same about gays / lesbians in the early 2000s.