Across the U.S., cities and communities are celebrating pride for the month of June.

At the same time, a new poll from Gallup suggests attitudes around LGBTQ issues are shifting.

After two decades of increasing support among those surveyed, that support has now dropped, the swing being largely driven by Republicans.

Only four years ago, Gallup polling data suggested a majority of Republicans supported same-sex marriage

at 55 percent. That number is now at 37 percent, levels last seen more than a decade ago.

Support for transgender issues among Republicans Gallup polled is also down. Only 5 percent say

changing one's gender is morally acceptable. That number was at 22% five years ago.

Trans rights in the U.S. have become an especially hot-button issue among conservative politicians and voters.

President Trump even campaigned on it, spending millions of dollars on anti-trans political ads.

Since then, the administration has rolled back

protections for trans people and access to gender affirming care. I'm Jen White. You're listening

to the 1A podcast. Today, we ask, what is the state of LGBTQ rights in the U.S. today? And what does this

reported dip in acceptance mean for the community? We'll be back with answers to those questions and more after this short break.

Stay with us.

Welcome back to the 1A podcast.

Let's get into our conversation and meet our guests.

Jeffrey Jones is a senior editor at Gallup and the author of this latest poll on LGBT

Attitudes. Jeff, welcome back to the program. Thanks for having me. Also with us is Andrew Flores,

an associate professor of political science at American University, and a visiting scholar at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.

His research focuses on attitude change and public

policies affecting LGBTQ populations. Professor Flores, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me.

And Orion Rumler, a reporter covering LGBTQ health care at the 19th. Orion, welcome back.

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