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Have Young Americans Turned Against Gay Rights?

No, not really...but something has changed

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Daniel Cox, Jae Grace, and Avery Shields
Jan 22, 2026
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There is a growing consensus that young adults have bucked recent trends towards greater acceptance of LGBTQ people and have become less tolerant than previous generations. Young men have become notably less supportive of gay rights, a fact regularly attributed either to their growing religiosity (wrong) or their growing conservatism (also wrong).

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