LGBTQ Politics

My books and articles on LGBTQ politics examine public opinion and how to increase support for LGBTQ people and policies.

On this page you can find links to my LGBTQ politics scholarship from peer-reviewed journals. For copies of book chapters on my cv, please reach out on the contact page.

Brian F. Harrison, Melissa R. Michelson, and Ravi K. Perry. 2023. “Sexual Orientation and Vote Choice: How Race Affects Support of Openly-Gay Candidates.” Online first, Politics, Groups, and Identities.

Michelson, Melissa R., and Brian F. Harrison. 2023. “Ties that Bind: The Effects of Transgender Contact on Transphobia.” Journal of Homosexuality 70, 12: 1848-2900.

Kammerer, Edward F., Jr, and Melissa R. Michelson. 2022. “You Better Vote: Drag Performers and Voter Mobilization in the 2020 Election.” PS: Political Science & Politics 55(4), 655-660.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2022. “LGBTQ Scholarship: Researcher Identity & Ingroup Positionality.” PS: Political Science & Politics, 55(4), 759-763.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2019. “Gender, Masculinity Threat, and Support for Transgender Rights: An Experimental Study.” Sex Roles. 81, 1 (Jan.): 63-75.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2017. “What’s Love Got to Do With It:  Emotion, Rationality, and Framing LGBT Rights.” New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 39, 2 (April): 177-197.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2017. “Using Experiments to Understand Public Attitudes towards Transgender Rights.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 5, 1 (April): 152-160.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2016. “More than a Game: Football Fans and Marriage Equality.” PS: Political Science & Politics 49, 4 (Oct.): 782-787.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2015. “God and Marriage: The Impact of Religious Identity Priming on Attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage.” Social Science Quarterly 96, 5 (Nov.): 1411-1423.

Harrison, Brian F., and Melissa R. Michelson. 2012. “Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That: The Effect of Personalized Appeals on Marriage Equality Campaigns.” Political Behavior 34, 2 (June): 325-344.