
Published online:
24 January 2019
Published in print:
11 June 2018
Online ISBN:
9781479824236
Print ISBN:
9781479822133
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A Survey of Changing Views on Lesbian And Gay Rights, 1972–2014 A Survey of Changing Views on Lesbian And Gay Rights, 1972–2014
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Civil Liberties Civil Liberties
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Employment Nondiscrimination Employment Nondiscrimination
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Legality of Homosexuality Legality of Homosexuality
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Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Rights Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Rights
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Support for Gay and Lesbian Children Support for Gay and Lesbian Children
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Acceptability, Approval, and Affective Feelings Acceptability, Approval, and Affective Feelings
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A Theory of Affective Liberalization A Theory of Affective Liberalization
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The Centrality of Automatic Affective Reactions for Gay Rights Support The Centrality of Automatic Affective Reactions for Gay Rights Support
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The Relationship between Exposure to Lesbians and Gays and Automatic Affective Reactions The Relationship between Exposure to Lesbians and Gays and Automatic Affective Reactions
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Youth Liberalism and the Origin of Cohort Effects Youth Liberalism and the Origin of Cohort Effects
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A More Durable Shift in Attitudes A More Durable Shift in Attitudes
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The Ultimate Causes of Social Change The Ultimate Causes of Social Change
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A Brief Outline of this Book A Brief Outline of this Book
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Chapter
1 A Transformed Society: LGBT Rights in the United States
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Pages
3–33
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Published:June 2018
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Garretson, Jeremiah J., 'A Transformed Society: LGBT Rights in the United States', The Path to Gay Rights: How Activism and Coming Out Changed Public Opinion (New York, NY , 2018; online edn, NYU Press Scholarship Online, 24 Jan. 2019), https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479822133.003.0001, accessed 12 May 2025.
Abstract
The introductory chapter first outlines the basic puzzle that the book will focus on explaining: Why have mass attitudes involving lesbians and gays changed so radically since the early 1990s when public opinion research has shown that the public’s views on most issues are generally stable? The contours of attitude change on LGBT rights issues across time are then surveyed. The central theory of the book---Affective Liberalization---is then described. Lastly, the primary distinctive features of the book, including its emphasis on LGBTQ people as a primary mover of social change, is discussed. The chapter ends with a brief summary of the book.
Keywords:
mass opinion, social change, LGBTQ, politics, survey research, Gallup, affective liberalization, prejudice
Subject
US Politics
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