Contrary to what many Republicans would have the public believe, LGBTQ+ voters still don’t like Trump. According to an NBC exit poll, 86% of LGBTQ+ voters backed Kamala Harris, while only 12% backed Donald Trump.
This is substantially higher than that which was seen in 2020, where 27% of LGBTQ+ voters went for Trump.
This stands in stark contrast to claims by Vice President-elect JD Vance that they would receive the “normal gay guy vote,” a claim he made in tandem by referring to hypothetical gay people who “just want to be left the hell alone.”
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LGBTQ+ voters also made up the greatest share of voters that they ever have, at a whopping 8% of the total voting base.
Only 8% of queer women supported Trump, while LGBTQ+ voters of color supported Harris at 91%, compared to 5% for Trump.
Many LGBTQ+ Americans are terrified of what is to come under a Trump presidency, as many of the policies he plans to enact will severely restrict LGBTQ+ rights.
GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate that “we must see this crisis as another catalyst for change.”
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“The LGBTQ community has been here before, as have all other marginalized communities, and the pain is real today. But as we saw from the Lavender Scare to the Stonewall Uprising to the HIV epidemic to the defeat and victory for marriage, every breakdown can lead to a breakthrough.”
