Majority of respondents flunk test on U.S. laws
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | May 1, 3:57 PM
QuoteOther new findings from the poll, which was funded by HRC and controlled by Hunter College, showed the respondents' priorities for gay civil rights issues.
According to the analysis, gay, lesbian and bisexual respondents generally placed laws regarding workplace discrimination hate crimes as their top issues. Efforts toward ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and securing rights for transgender people scored the lowest.
Respondents 18-25 years old indicated that marriage and adoption rights were the top issues, while respondents 65 years and older noted laws regarding hate crimes and workplace discrimination were most important.
Posted on: May 01, 2008, 09:07:38 PM
Hunter College released a new LGB-specific poll that reveals fresh insights about the LGB population, how its men and women differ, and an emerging generational divide.
By Kerry Eleveld
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Advocate.com exclusive posted May 1, 2008
QuoteKnowledge Networks keeps a sample pool of 43,000 people on their rolls at any one time. The sample size for this poll was 768 respondents with a 3.5% margin of error. The Hunter College poll was funded through a grant from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Professors Murray Edelman of Rutgers University and Kenneth Sherrill of Hunter College authored the poll along with Egan.
QuoteTransgender individuals were not included because to date their numbers are too few to provide a statistically accurate representation.
