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While Pope Francis' comments supporting same sex civil unions were a drastic shift in Catholic church guidance, U.S. Catholics have supported gay marriage for about a decade.

U.S. adults estimate that nearly one in four Americans (23.6%) are gay or lesbian. Gallup has previously found that Americans have greatly overestimated the U.S. gay population.

Jeff Jones and Jenny Marlar join the podcast to discuss Gallup's historical trends on LGBTQ+ issues and the new, advanced ways it measures issues facing the community today.

Two in three Americans (67%) say marriages between same-sex couples should be legally recognized, matching the previous high Gallup measured in 2018.

LGBT Americans are more interested than non-LGBT adults in fostering or adoption, and are facing discrimination as a major barrier, reveals a 2023 Kidsave-Gallup study.

Americans rate the progress the U.S. has made during Biden's presidency as mostly negative across 18 economic, national and international areas.

Gallup finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, with the majority of them saying they are bisexual.

Americans' views on the moral acceptability of sexual behavior and marriage have shifted significantly over the past 20 years.

Whether reflecting the remnants of the pandemic or the difficulty of inflation, Americans remain sour about the state of the union.

Until recently, researchers have struggled with what should be a simple question: How many Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?