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Money Changes Everything? African American Class-Based Attitudes toward LGBT Issues

  • Ravi K. Perry
  • Yasmiyn Irizarry
  • Timothy J. Fair
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Abstract

Americans’ attitudes toward LGBT issues are projected to continue shifting through the twenty-first century.2 According to scholars, polling data, and pundits, Americans are showing increasing support for issues such as the right to marry and the elimination of barriers in federal immigration for LGBT persons, among other issues.3 In addition, a number of national polls have found that, generally speaking, Americans’ attitudes toward nonheterosexuals are increasingly positive.4

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Black Community General Social Survey African American Community Socioeconomic Index Homosexual Couple 
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  • Yasmiyn Irizarry
  • Timothy J. Fair

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