Welcome to the VINE Sanctuary poll of animal-friendly LGBTQ people. VINE is an LGBTQ-run farmed animal sanctuary that has worked to build bridges between the animal advocacy and LGBTQ liberation movements. By taking this poll, you will be helping us to learn more and to adjust our priorities and strategies accordingly.
This is a poll for animal lovers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, or otherwise “queer.” Non-LGBTQ folks can still help us out by sharing the link to this poll with their LGBTQ friends. Animal haters can get out of here.
[contact-form subject=’LGBTQ poll results’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Do you share your home with comanion animals?’ type=’select’ required=’1′ options=’Yes%26#x002c; one.,Yes%26#x002c; two or three.,Yes%26#x002c; many!,No%26#x002c; but I have in the past and probably will again.,No%26#x002c; not now or before%26#x002c; but I might in the future.,I have in the past but probably will not do so again.,No%26#x002c; never have and never will.’/][contact-field label=’Do you support or volunteer at an animal shelter%26#x002c; rescue%26#x002c; sanctuary%26#x002c; or similar organization?’ type=’select’ options=’Yes%26#x002c; I support such an organization,Yes%26#x002c; I volunteer at such an organization,Yes%26#x002c; I both support and volunteer at such an organization,Actually%26#x002c; I work at such an organization,Yes%26#x002c; I founded such an organization,I am not involved with such an organization now%26#x002c; but I have either donated or volunteered in the past,I have not yet been involved with such an organization but am open to the idea,I%26#039;m not involved with any such organization and am unlikely to become involved in the future’/][contact-field label=’How much do you love animals?’ type=’select’ required=’1′ options=’I%26#039;m very fond of animals I know%26#x002c; but I don%26#039;t often think about other animals,I dedicate a significant chunk of my time or money to work that in some way aids animals,I have dedicated my life to animal rights%26#x002c; conservation%26#x002c; or some other activity that in some way aids animals,Um%26#x002c; I don%26#039;t love animals at all and suddenly realize that I am taking the wrong poll,None of these options is quite right for me’/][contact-field label=’Were those last options unsatisfying? Tell us more about how much you love animals!’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Now%26#x002c; let%26#039;s get real. Does your fondness for animals extend to farmed animals?’ type=’select’ required=’1′ options=’Yes%26#x002c; I care for farmed animals too%26#x002c; and so I don%26#039;t eat them,Yes%26#x002c; I care for farmed animals too%26#x002c; but I still eat them,No%26#x002c; I do not care as much about cows or chickens as I do about dogs or doves (or whichever animals you DO care about),This question makes me uncomfortable%26#x002c; so I will express my dissent by choosing this option’/][contact-field label=’If you do care about farmed animals but still eat them%26#x002c; or if you don%26#039;t care as much about farmed animals as you do about other animals%26#x002c; please tell us how you make sense of that%26#x002c; so that we have a better idea of where you%26#039;re coming from:’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Some people have noticed that LGBTQ folks appear to be overrepresented among animal advocates. Why%26#x002c; do you think%26#x002c; might LGBTQ people be more likely to care for or speak up for animals?’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Which of the following topics or activities would be MOST meaningful to you?’ type=’select’ required=’1′ options=’Learning and teaching about sexual and gender diversity among animals,Promoting veganism within LGBTQ communities,Learning and teaching about intersections among speciesism and homo/transphobia,%26quot;Queering%26quot; animal advocacy by making it less %26quot;mainstream%26quot;,I can%26#039;t choose — they%26#039;re all equally interesting and important,None of these is interesting to me’/][contact-field label=’That was hard. Tell us more about what you think about those options%26#x002c; or about your own ideas.’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’We are about to relaunch the project of compiling an anthology of writing by LGBTQ animal advocates. What do you think?’ type=’select’ required=’1′ options=’I would buy and read that anthology,I might like to contribute to that anthology,Sounds worthwhile%26#x002c; but I probably wouldn%26#039;t buy the book,That doesn%26#039;t sound at all interesting to me’/][contact-field label=’VINE Sanctuary is an LGBTQ-run farmed animal sanctuary. Please check this box to sign up for our newsletter. Welcome to our community!’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form]
Did taking this poll spark your curiosity? You can more blog posts about about the intersection between LGBTQ and animal liberation here and learn about VINE’s history of “queering animal liberation” here.
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