found.“There is a common belief that LGBT identity and Republican affiliation are incompatible,” Ilan H. Meyer, Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute and lead author of the study, said in a statement. “Although they represent a small minority, some LGB people are affiliated as Republicans.
However, it is striking to find how much they differ from sexual minority Democrats in terms of their connections with LGBT communities.”Among the study’s key findings, researchers found that 41%% of LGB Republicans reported that they would want to be completely heterosexual, compared with 17% of LGB Democrats.In addition, 38% of LGB Republicans viewed their sexuality as a personal shortcoming, compared with only 16% of.