Cait Jenner is an entitled Republican jerk. She's no ally, at this point anyway.

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71. There are a number of complicated factors

Part of it is that LGBTers aren't born into a shared ideological culture. We come from every ideology conceivable, and I think that's why you usually see LGBT support for Democrats top out at 75% (as opposed to 90+% from a community like African Americans). LGBTers aren't raised in a Democratic-supporting culture as a default.

A second part is that LGBTers are less shuttled into a shared adolescent/adult ideology. Used to be, if you were gay and living in a terrible area, you moved to an urban place and took residence in a "gay ghetto". There are scores of articles about the demise of the gay neighborhoods over the past decade. As acceptance has spread, LGBT youth feel less a need to move into or primarily reside in a homogeneous community. They are beginning to feel safe among their own heterosexual peer groups, and the rise of social media and internet/app dating makes for a less isolating experience overall.

And the third, I would venture to say, is economic. As acceptance, marriage, and nondiscrimination laws have spread throughout states, many LGBTers stop thinking quite so much on their own social justice issues and more towards their own economic stability. If you live in, say, California (and a solid chunk of us do), you're not thinking of LGBT discrimination on a day to day basis. You have laws protecting you, the ability to marry and adopt, and a social and professional culture that is generally pretty accepting. So, social justice falls a bit by the wayside as life and family and work take over.

These are, of course, very generalized statements with exceptions all over the place. Discrimination still exists and there is much work left to do, but this seems to be the trajectory the community is currently on. I would expect LGBTers will remain lopsidedly Democratic and liberal for quite awhile - especially if Republicans continue to be batshit - but if it fades in about 10-20 years, I wouldn't be too surprised. Once marriage and anti-discrimination laws become a fact of life everywhere, you'll see the rise of a generation of LGBTers who won't feel the same sense of loyalty towards the Democratic Party that many of us currently possess. They won't have experienced the battle. They'll take for granted the results.

We'll see, though.