<div data-testid="ImageBlock-0"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="kyt-mdd4r">Image</span><picture><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800"/><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200"/><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600"/><img alt="Pride flags held over a railing." class="css-r3fift" decoding="async" height="400" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj/03nat-pulse-gayrights-kcqj-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w" uri="nyt://image/d8ae7c1d-ae3f-53b4-8d2f-9a820fe85069" width="600"/></picture></div><figcaption class="css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-jevhma e13ogyst0">New York City Pride March in 2023.</span><span class="css-iwa86d e1z0qqy90"><span class="kyt-mdd4r">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Support for gay marriage has declined, to 65 percent from a high of 71 percent four years ago, according to a <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/710810/support-lgbtq-issues-remains-down-peak.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">recent poll from Gallup</a>.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Republicans, especially, have done an about-face on the issue. In 2022, a majority of them — 55 percent — said same-sex marriages should be valid. That number now stands at 37 percent, back to levels last seen more than 10 years ago. The drop, according to Gallup, has been most stark among Republican men.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Political independents also experienced a six percentage point decline. Democratic support remains unchanged at 87 percent.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Support for trans rights has also gone south, according to Gallup.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">In 2021, roughly half of all Americans said changing genders was morally acceptable. That number declined to 38 percent.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-2"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Republicans are again responsible for much of this gravitational pull. Just 5 percent now say changing genders is morally acceptable, down from 22 percent in 2021. Among independents, support fell to 42 percent from 48 percent.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">A majority of Democrats still say changing genders is acceptable, but support is also less robust: 60 percent now say it is morally acceptable, down from 67 percent in 2021.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="RelatedLinksBlock-4"><div data-testid="lazy-loader"></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-2"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-1n7yjps etfikam0">The Times will occasionally feature polling that illustrates how Americans are feeling about the issues of the day. 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