A new study has found that acceptance of LGBTQ people among U.S. adults has faced a "swift and alarming erosion" in the past year.

GLAAD's Accelerating Acceptance report, conducted by the Harris Poll, surveyed 2,160 adults and found that less than half (49%) of non-LGBTQ adults reported being "very" or "somewhat" comfortable with LGBTQ people.

That’s down from 53% in 2017 and the first time the figure has declined year-on-year since GLAAD started conducting the survey.

"An unseen casualty of a tumultuous year has been the LGBTQ community," John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, said in a statement. "In a single year, we've seen significant declines from what had been an increasingly accepting America to one now less supportive. And this lost ground of acceptance cuts across many in American society."

Read the full article about GLAAD's study showing erosion of LGBTQ acceptance by Rhuaridh Marr at Metro Weekly.