The cultural obsession with — and corresponding private-public support for — all things non-heterosexual is waning, having apparently reached its zenith sometime earlier this decade.
New Gallup polling shows that support for homosexual “marriage,” non-straight relations, and so-called transgenderism is collapsing.
‘Those pro-LGBTQ+ attitudes peaked about five years ago.’
Whereas in 2023, 71% of American adults said that homosexual “marriages” should be valid — up from 27% in 1996 — that number has since dropped to 65%.
After reaching an all-time high in 2022 of 71%, the percentage of U.S. adults who regard homosexual relations as “morally acceptable” fell to 62% this year, the lowest it has been in a decade. This decline shows no signs of stopping.
Gallup started asking Americans in 2021 whether “changing one’s gender is morally acceptable.” That year, 46% of respondents said “yes,” but this year, only 38% of Americans said the same.
Just 5% of Republicans and 42% of independents said that “changing one’s gender” is morally acceptable.
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The polling outfit credited Republicans with the declining support for the LGBT agenda, noting that some of the most drastic changes in attitude regarding non-straight issues have taken place on the right.
In 2022, for instance, 55% of Republicans said that they support legal homosexual “marriage,” but over the past four years, that number has plummeted 18 percentage points.
Independents are similarly pumping the brakes on the rainbow train, with their support for same-sex “marriage” having fallen six percentage points.
While Democrats predominantly remain on board with the LGBT agenda, there are some signs of fatigue. This year, 81% said that homosexual relations are morally acceptable — down five points from 2025 — and 60% signaled support for transgenderism, down seven points since 2021.
“For about two decades, Americans grew more accepting of LGBTQ+ people and more supportive of their civil rights,” said Gallup. “However, those pro-LGBTQ+ attitudes peaked about five years ago and have since edged downward, mostly among Republicans.”
Coinciding with the change in attitude about non-straight issues, there has been a precipitous decline in the proportion of students identifying as “transgender” and “non-heterosexual,” as detailed in a study last year from the University of Buckingham’s Centre for Heterodox Social Science.
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