Why are some LGBTQ people Republicans? Why do they vote against their own community?

Peter Boykin
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One of the enduring mysteries in politics is why the existence of  LGBTQ Republicans. The party caters to the religious right, which is working to roll back LGBTQ rights.

The Trump administration made attacking LGBTQ progress a hallmark of its politics. Trump himself seemed personally apathetic about the community, but he was happy to appoint people with a long track record of hateful acts and follow their lead to get votes. He even joked about Vice President Mike Pence wanting to hang gay people.

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Nor has the party had a change of heart since Trump’s re-election loss. Glenn Youngkin, the governor-elect of Virginia, thinks that marriage equality is wrong. 

So given those circumstances, why would an LGBTQ person want to vote Republican?

According to FiveThirtyEight, which recently examined the phenomenon, there are multiple, often connecting answers. One of the major ones is that gay and lesbian Republicans…

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