Elections & Politics

While anti-gay organizations have promoted African-American leaders who oppose equal treatment for same-sex couples, in fact many black leaders support equality and oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment. This document has been prepared and updated by the National Black Justice Coalition.

A survey of how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters projected they would vote in the 2004 presidential election.

When Massachusetts same-sex couples gained the right to legally marry, they gained access to rights heterosexual couples have had for years.

Openly lesbian Mary Cheney has received criticism for working for her father Dick Cheney’s anti-gay political campaign.

In an effort to win more votes for George W. Bush and other Republicans in the 2004 election, conservatives marketed false anti-gay claims to black voters in swing states.

Voting against anti-gay constitutional amendments had little effect on legislators’ re-election bids in the Midwest.

Though many have speculated that same-sex marriage cost John Kerry the 2004 presidential election, there is no evidence to back this up.

During the 2004 campaign season, Republicans energized and mobilized their core constituency by emphasizing “moral values” in their messages.

A definite lesbian, gay and bisexual electorate exists. In 1996, this electorate made up five percent of all voters — a larger voting bloc than Latino, Jewish and Asian-American contingents.

This second study of voters who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual shows once again that these voters are an important electorate.