Americans see more LGBTQ people on TV these days. That's absolutely crucial for our cause.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : But thanks to hard work at state houses across the country and Obergefell v. Hodges, marriage equality is the law of the land.
47% : The Equality Act, critical federal legislation that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination, remains stalled in the U.S. Senate, though it passed the U.S. House in a bipartisan vote at a time when three-quarters of Americans support LGBT nondiscrimination laws.
46% : By 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, there were 119 lesbian, gay or bisexual regular characters on broadcast and cable television (and zero trans characters that year).
40% : Twenty-five years ago, equal protections for gay and lesbian people - and the idea of marriage equality - were unfamiliar and unpopular.

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