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Conservatism portal. United States portal. v. t. e. LGBTQ+ conservatism in the United States is a social and political ideology within the LGBTQ+ community that largely aligns with the American conservative movement. LGBTQ+ conservatism is generally more moderate on social issues than social conservatism, instead emphasizing values associated ...
Angry white male. The " angry white male " or " angry white man " is a pejorative racial stereotype of white men holding conservative or right-wing views in the context of U.S. and Australian politics, often characterized by "opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory or gender policies" and beliefs. [ 1][ 2] The term is usually applied to white ...
Identity politics. Identity politics is politics based on a particular identity, such as ethnicity, race, nationality, religion, denomination, gender, sexual orientation, social background, caste, and social class. [ 1] The term could also encompass other social phenomena which are not commonly understood as exemplifying identity politics, such ...
One of directly elected openly gay mayors in the United States and one of first out LGBT republican officials. Todd Gloria. (born 1978) Democratic. California. Mayor of San Diego. (2020–present) First openly gay and first Person of Color to serve as Mayor of San Diego [ 148] Jim Gray.
Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender. [ 1][ 2] Originally meaning 'strange' or 'peculiar', queer came to be used pejoratively against LGBT people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to reclaim the word as a neutral or positive self-description. [ 3][ 4][ 5]
Split-ticket voting is when a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election, as opposed to straight-ticket voting, where a voter chooses candidates from the same political party for every office up for election. Split-ticket voting can occur in certain ...
Straight pride is a reactionary slogan that arose in the 1980s and early 1990s and has primarily been used by social conservatives as a political stance and strategy. [1] The term is described as a response to " gay pride ", [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] a slogan adopted by various groups (later united under the moniker LGBT ) in the early 1970s, or to the ...
Among men, around 89% identified as heterosexual, 5.5% identified as gay, and 2.5% as bisexual. Straight women constituted around 93% of all women, lesbians were 1.4%, and bisexual women 2.3 percent. A little over two percent of each sex identified as "Other", and a little over 1% did not want to indicate a sexual orientation.