Rural Identity and LGBT Public Opinion in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6367442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Thompson (0000-0001-9526-5447, Department of Politics, University of Exeter Postdoctoral Research Fellow, , Exeter, UK) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 956-977 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Opinion Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-362X • E-ISSN: 1537-5331 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/poq/nfad045 |
| PMID | 38143453 |
| OpenAlex | W4388482812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 50 |
Opposition to LGBT rights remains a contemporary fixture within the United States in spite of increasingly liberalizing attitudes toward LGBT individuals. In this paper, I argue that a potentially overlooked factor driving this opposition is rural identity—or an individual’s psychological attachment to a rural area. Using data from the 2020 ANES, I find that rural identity predicts less favorable estimations of LGBT individuals. Rural identifiers are also less likely to support pro-LGBT policy measures than nonrural identifiers. Nevertheless, I find the magnitude of the effects of rural identity on anti-LGBT views to be surprisingly small. It is also the case that, on average, rural identifiers exhibit net-positive estimations of LGBT individuals and are broadly supportive of LGBT rights, suggesting that elected officials enacting anti-LGBT legislation in rural areas of the United States are potentially out of step with the preferences of their electorate. These findings also have implications for what it means to hold a rural identity beyond a generalized animosity toward urban areas, and for understanding urban-rural divergences in US public opinion on issues such as LGBT rights
Gender identity · Homosexuality · Identity (music · Legislation · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Rural area · Sexual orientation · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Transgender · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
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| Citations per year | 10,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |