US support for LGBTQ+ issues remains down from peak

Highlights Support for legal same-sex marriage down six points from 2022-23, high of 62% seeing gay/lesbian relationships as moral is lowest since 2016 Perceived morality of gender reassignment down eight points since 2021

WASHINGTON, DC — After two decades of growing support for LGBTQ+ issues, America’s attitude has stagnated and begun to take modest steps backwards. Approval of same-sex marriage, moral acceptance of gay and lesbian relationships, and approval of gender reassignment are all down from highs reached in the early 2020s.

While most Americans still support legal same-sex marriages, the 65% who do so today is down six percentage points from the peak in 2022 and 2023. Likewise, the percentage viewing gay or lesbian relationships as morally acceptable, 62%, has not declined since 2016. And the share of Americans who view changing one’s sex as morally acceptable has declined eight points over the past five years, to 38%.

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These items come from Gallup’s annual Values ​​and Beliefs Survey, conducted May 1-17, 2026.

Between 1996 and 2022, the percentage of American adults in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage increased 44 points, from 27% to 71%. By 2024, this figure fell to 69%, and it has seen a slight decline each year since.

Gallup first asked about the morality of same-sex relationships in 2001, when 40 percent of respondents said they were morally acceptable. In 2022, 71% shared this view, before dropping sharply to 64% in 2023, remaining at roughly this level for the past three years.

When Gallup first asked a question about gender reassignment in 2021, 46% found it morally acceptable and 51% found it morally wrong. Today, these figures stand at 38% and 57% respectively.

Republicans largely to blame for declining support

Most recent changes in LGBTQ+ attitudes have occurred among Republicans. For example, in 2021 and 2022, 55% of Republicans said they supported legal same-sex marriage, but today that number is 37%. Among independents, support fell six points, to 67%, while Democrats’ views are the same as in 2022 (87% in favor).

Supporters’ views on the morality of gay or lesbian relationships have similarly changed. Since 2022, the high point for Republicans, the share of people saying such relationships are morally acceptable has fallen 21 points to 35%, compared with an eight-point drop among independents to 64% and no significant change among Democrats (now at 81%).

Due to the recent decline, Republicans’ views on the morality of same-sex relationships are now similar to what they were between 2005 and 2014.

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Currently, 5% of Republicans believe changing sex is morally acceptable, compared to 42% of independents and 60% of Democrats. When Gallup first asked the question in 2021, those numbers were 22%, 48%, and 67%, respectively. Republican acceptance has declined steadily since then, while opinions among independents and Democrats remained broadly stable until an apparent decline this year.

Conclusion

For about two decades, Americans have become more accepting of LGBTQ+ people and more supportive of their civil rights. However, these pro-LGBTQ+ attitudes peaked about five years ago and have since declined slightly, primarily among Republicans. The shift came as conservative leaders opposed diversity, equity and inclusion programs that aimed to foster greater acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and other historically disadvantaged groups.

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