Recent research demonstrates that LGBT adults are overwhelmingly engaged, informed and knowledgable about Green and global warming.I think the recent poll that unearthed this finding deserves republishing. In sum, the LGBT sector is far and away leading America in Green, and is already where Green organizers want to go, in terms of American positions on climate change, and actually caring about future generations.
Source: Echelon.com
New York, N.Y. and Washington, DC – October 26, 2009 – Two-thirds (66%) of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender adults, asked in a new national survey conducted online, say that it is important to support environmental causes, compared with 56% of non-LGBT adults. Three-quarters (75%) of LGBT adults (compared with 53% of heterosexuals) believe global warming is happening right now, and by more than two to one proportions, 39% of LGBT adults say they have seen or read Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” while only 20% of heterosexuals say they have seen or read it.
Further, and this is counter to every biased myth out there, the poll's sponsor points out:
“Most significant,” Witeck(Bob Witeck, CEO of Witeck-Combs Communications-Editor) added, “is the measure of global environmental stewardship. Although LGBT households are not parenting as frequently as our non-gay counterparts, 51% say they are concerned about the planet we are leaving behind for future generations – compared with 42% of heterosexual adults. This signals a very high sense of community and cooperation that many LGBT citizens know first-hand.”
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