LGBTQ Politics Archives

Crosswalk Poppycock

August 26, 2025 Buck Banks

Florida’s fascists have achieved a new depth of lunacy:
They believe painted streets are liberal advocacy.
At the presser we expected DeSantis to say
Rainbow crosswalks are recruitment tools for gays,
As the Free State of Florida sinks ever closer to idiocy.

Support for Same-Sex Marriage Remains High

June 5, 2023 Buck Banks

71%

Gallup: “Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s.”

Large Majority of Americans Support Companies Selling LGBTQ+ Merch

June 2, 2023 Buck Banks

70%

“The annual ‘Accelerating Acceptance’ study published Thursday by the advocacy organization reported that 70% of non-LGBTQ+ people want companies to include the LGBTQ community in hiring, advertising and sponsorships,” reports The Messenger.

Indulgence, Indeed

May 17, 2023 Buck Banks

Lil’ Marco Rubio has once again taken offense,
Saying the L.A. Dodger’s stunt is at Catholics’ expense.
Lil’ Marco’s defending nuns
Over some innocent LGBTQ fun,
And the Dodger’s promotion of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”

House Passes LGBTQ Equality Bill with Minimal Bipartisanship

February 26, 2021 Buck Banks

224 to 206

The House voted 224 to 206 on Thursday to pass the Equality Act, which would expand federal protections for LGBTQ people by prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, Axios reports. Three Republicans voted with all Democrats.

Percentage of LGBT Self-Identifiers Rising in U.S.

February 25, 2021 Buck Banks

5.6%

Gallup: “Gallup’s latest update on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender identification finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as LGBT. The current estimate is up from 4.5% in Gallup’s previous update based on 2017 data.”

SCOTUS Dumps on POTUS

June 19, 2020 Buck Banks

The Supreme Court might be on the way to an anti-Trump trifecta.
First it was rights for gays and lesbians, then it was upholding DACA.
If Trump’s relying on John and Neil
For their vaunted conservative appeal,
He’s going to find himself abandoned, alone and in deep caca.

Estimate of U.S. LGBT Population Rises to 4.5 Percent

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Buck Banks

4.5%

The percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) increased to 4.5% in 2017, up from 4.1% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2012 when Gallup began tracking the measure. The latest estimate is based on over 340,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup’s daily tracking in 2017.

Thirty-Five LGBTQ People Are Running for Office in Texas

January 3, 2018 Buck Banks

35

“A record 35 openly LGBTQ people will run for public office in Texas in 2018, according to an extensive review by OutSmart. That’s roughly twice as many as in any previous election cycle in the state’s history. … The unprecedented field of LGBTQ candidates includes two for governor, one for Texas Supreme Court, two for Texas Senate, eight for Texas House, seven for U.S. Congress, and 12 for various judicial seats.”

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Crosswalk Poppycock

Support for Same-Sex Marriage Remains High

71%

Gallup: “Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s.”

Large Majority of Americans Support Companies Selling LGBTQ+ Merch

70%

“The annual ‘Accelerating Acceptance’ study published Thursday by the advocacy organization reported that 70% of non-LGBTQ+ people want companies to include the LGBTQ community in hiring, advertising and sponsorships,” reports The Messenger.

Indulgence, Indeed

House Passes LGBTQ Equality Bill with Minimal Bipartisanship

224 to 206

The House voted 224 to 206 on Thursday to pass the Equality Act, which would expand federal protections for LGBTQ people by prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, Axios reports. Three Republicans voted with all Democrats.

Percentage of LGBT Self-Identifiers Rising in U.S.

5.6%

Gallup: “Gallup’s latest update on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender identification finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as LGBT. The current estimate is up from 4.5% in Gallup’s previous update based on 2017 data.”

SCOTUS Dumps on POTUS

Estimate of U.S. LGBT Population Rises to 4.5 Percent

4.5%

Thirty-Five LGBTQ People Are Running for Office in Texas

35

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If I were you, Mr. President, I would kill the leadership that are killing the people.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), on Fox News, urging President Trump to kill Iran’s supreme leader.

“A tyrannical theocracy has shut down the internet for an entire country so the world can’t see the brutal tactics it plans to use to crush a free Iran. In my view, this is the biggest free-speech story in the world right now.”

— Greg Lukianoff, head of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, on X.

— Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), in an interview with The Atlantic, on President Trump threatening to take over Greenland.

Numerati

15 million

335,000

New data reveals that a staggering 335,000 federal workers left government work last year, with the vast majority quitting or retiring — only 11,000 were a result of layoffs from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Washington Post reports.

10%

$1.5 trillion

33%

One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country’s president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.