{"id":15738,"date":"2013-06-18T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/lgbt-voices-that-shaped-our-study\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:30:47","slug":"lgbt-voices-that-shaped-our-study","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/06\/18\/lgbt-voices-that-shaped-our-study\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT voices that shaped our study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we launched our first major effort to capture the views and opinions of LGBT adults for our series \u2018LGBT in Changing Times<\/a>,\u2019 we convened a focus group to help inform our approach. In March 2013, we assembled 12 LGBT adults from the Washington, D.C. area: five gay men, three transgender adults, two bisexual men and two lesbians. We asked them about being LGBT in America today.<\/p>\n\n

This is not the first time we\u2019ve used focus groups in our research. We convened focus groups for our recently published report on teens, social media and privacy<\/a>. And in 2009, we used focus groups with our research about Latino youth<\/a>. Focus groups help us identify the best questions to ask in a survey and to understand a community\u2019s views better. Here\u2019s a sample of quotes from our LGBT focus group discussion. You can read more voices from the LGBT community<\/a> we surveyed and add your own in the comments section.<\/p>\n\n

What do you consider yourself to be? How do you see your identity? <\/b><\/p>\n\n

[about me as]<\/p>\n\n\n

[age]<\/p>\n\n\n

I\u2019m lesbian.\u00a0 Growing up, I didn\u2019t know what it was, all I knew was I saw those rough women that drank too much and stumbled around and no one liked them and they called them “bulldaggers” and no one wanted to be a “bulldagger,” so when I finally found my voice and realized that it was okay, you know, I\u2019m okay. I\u2019m a lesbian all the way, and I love it.\u00a0 I do look at some guys and go like \u2018he\u2019s cute,\u2019 and my friends do say I have a little gay man inside of me when it comes to fashion and things like that, but I\u2019m lesbian. 43-year-old lesbian<\/b><\/p>\n\n

[because of]<\/p>\n\n\n

[our son]<\/p>\n\n\n

[I have]<\/p>\n\n\n

[Washington]<\/p>\n\n\n

Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the level of social acceptance for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults in the country today? <\/b><\/p>\n\n

[with the progress]<\/p>\n\n\n

[have]<\/p>\n\n\n

[taking up a gay marriage case]<\/p>\n\n\n

[it still exists]<\/p>\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n

LGBT Voices: The Coming Out Experience<\/strong><\/a>\nScroll through hundreds of responses to the question: How has the process of telling people about your sexual orientation\/gender identity been for you personally?<\/p>\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n

Charts: Personal Milestones in the Coming Out Experience<\/strong><\/a>\nSee charts plotting\u00a0three key points in the coming out journey:\u00a0How old respondents were when they first thought, knew fore sure and told someone they were something other than straight or heterosexual.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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