Public Religion Research Institute

LGBTQ people remain more likely than members of any other group to be harassed, threatened, or targeted with violence because of who they are.

More American Muslims support same-sex marriage than the residents of these states.

The LGBTQ community continues to be at the head of the vanguard away from religion, with 46% identifying as religiously unaffiliated.

Black Americans are more likely than any other racial or ethnic group to perceive discrimination against LGBTQ people.

Being gay in America is a wake-up call to the fact that life isn’t fair, for us or for others.

Not only are religious exemptions to the law unpopular, but even the people they’re supposed to “protect” don’t want them.

It also found that most people support same-sex marriage and non-discrimination laws offering protections to the LGBTQ community.

So the pretty darn surprising news, out today courtesy of the Public Religion Research Institute, is that 89% percent of Americans (including strong majorities of all religious and partisan groups) think transgender people deserve the same rights and protections as other Americans.