More Gen Z Americans identify as LGBTQ than as Republican

And if they don't vote, it won't matter.

Please get out and vote.

Because people are already jumping to conclusions without reading the article. Here is the core of the survey data.

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/gen-z-less-religious-more-liberal-lgbtq

Identifying as Republican went from 32% in the Boomer Generation to 21% in Gen Z. Identifying as LGBTQ+ went from 4% with Boomers to 28% with Gen Z.

Then can we please be out and get out and vote?

Republicans know this, and push culture war issues to drive certain voters out of their states/area.

Now if they’d just vote….

I'm LGBTQ...AND republican. Although that means something vastly different where I live, haha (I live in a kingdom).

I'm a bit confused by this.

Does this imply that the human race is drastically more sexually fluid than most species when allowed to be without oppression? Or that the culture gen z has grown up in helps cultivate a more fluid preference?

I grew up in the 80s, so I'm trying to understand, but it's tough meshing statements like this with my experiences.

Please don't misunderstand this post as disapproval. Just confusion.

Wow, a news story that makes me think my kid could actually live in a better political climate than me in a few decades. I forgot what this feeling was like.

sees headine oh, that's good news!

sees source oh it's gay fox, which means it's probably sensationalized to the point that the headline is a lie, because that's what they do over there.

I would identify as ANYTHING before as a republican

Not buying it. Probably just scared of the well deserved ridicule received if they identify as Republican. We'll see how the vote goes.

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What a glorious headline!

Why would anyone identify by their political ideology? Or worse, by a single party??

This shows that:

If you identify as LGBTQ, you are less likely to vote Republican.

Fuck yeah.

The West has fallen /s

Doesn't matter unless they actually vote.

the american dream

It's weird. As a millennial in college I would always hear the grief from gen x hearing me complain and respond with "well get out an vote then." I guess it is now my turn to tell that to a younger generation, watch them get upset, and then eat my popcorn in 20 years while I watch gen lecture the next generation on the importance of voting.

But I do think this is alarming:

Before the 2020 election, 57% of Americans ages 18 to 29 said they were planning to vote. The number is now 49%, a figure many analysts say reflects disinterest in the likelihood of a Biden-Trump rematch.

I think the US would be a better place if we had compulsory voting laws similar to Australia that gets like 90 percent turnout. As a citizen of a democracy I think voting should be an obligation. And as a member of a democracy I wish the majority vote actually was a number that is a majority of Americans, not just Americans that voted, so we could have more faith in the outcomes actually reflecting the will of the people.

But the two aren’t mutually exclusive? This doesn’t tell anybody anything because one thing relates to politics and the other thing relates to sexuality and gender identity.

You can say the same thing as ADHD, Crohn's disease or being Hispanic.

It is very common for young people on every generation to be part of the left-wing movements. But I think they are focalizing in a superficial problem, instead to find solutions to more critic challenges. Do non-straight people suffer discrimination, etc?. Yes, but there are other more dramatic problems such as: homelessness, fentanyl epidemics, public health, etc.

The similarities between sexual freedom and religious freedom is striking. Sexual attraction and identification is important to be free and open, just like religious freedom. Free from persecution, equal rights and oppertunities.

But I don't like when people forcefully spread their belief system and their values to others. Let it be organic, don't try to force change. People are free to pursue their lifestyle and i'm free to pursue mine. In today's society, it feels like the ownerclass are running pro lgbtq advertisements. Is it another divide and conquer technique? The whole thing feels forced...

Please don't downvote just because it's an unpopular opinion, rather lets discuss the issue 👍

Jokes on them, log cabins are affordable these days.