GLAAD has released the report “Missing Voices: A study of religious voices in mainstream media reports about LGBT equality” in partnership with the University of Missouri Center on Religion & the Professions, a press release stated. The study analyzes messages presented in national news outlets by religious voices about issues affecting LGBT individuals.
The release also stated that the research—a three-year study of 316 news stories about LGBT issues, using 1,387 different religious sources—”shows a disproportionate reliance on anti-LGBT religious voices commenting on LGBT people and issues.”
Among the findings are that:
—Evangelical Christians account for almost 40 percent of all the negative statements about LGBT issues made by religiously identified spokespeople; and
—Pro-LGBT or LGBT-identified sources are predominantly presented without any religious affiliation, thus contributing to a false and overly sensational “religion vs. gay” frame.
The entire report is at www.glaad.org/publications/missingvoices.