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Most Americans believe LGBTQ people are legally protected from discrimination. They're not. As protections for LGBTQ people enter the domain of the United States' highest court, the vast majority of non-LGBTQ Americans believe that discrimination against LGBTQ should be illegal. The catch, according to GLAAD's 2020 edition of its annual Accelerating Acceptance survey: An overwhelming number of Americans, regardless of sexuality or gender identity, believe LGBTQ people have federal protections against discrimination that are, in reality, not available to them. That includes discrimination in housing, public spaces, employment benefits and the military. Part of this dissonance, GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis tells USA TODAY, is that LGBTQ rights are largely being "left out" of the conversation.  "It wasn't in any of the debates and it isn't being covered," she said, pointing out that the only time it was mentioned among the two presidential candidates