Listen, we need to talk : how to change attitudes about LGBT rights / / Brian F. Harrison and Melissa R. Michelson [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910159007703321
• Autore: Harrison Brian F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
• ISBN: 0-19-065478-3; 0-19-065476-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 306.76
• Soggetti: Gay liberation movement - United States; Human rights - United States; Public opinion - United States; LGBTQ+ civil rights
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: While public opinion is typically stable over time, support for same-sex marriage increased from 35% to 61% between 2006 and 2016. It wasn't just that older, more conservative people were dying and being replaced in the population by younger, more progressive people; people were changing their minds. Was this due to leadership from elites like President Barack Obama? To advocacy campaigns pushing for equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people? How does individual-level identity come into play? Given this uncharacteristic rate of attitudinal change, this work examines the relationship between social group identity and support for LGBT rights.