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NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesNondiscriminationJan 18–26, 2024laws protecting trans and nonbinary people against job discrimination
Do you favor or oppose laws to protect each of the following against job discrimination? Transgender or nonbinary people
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 5 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: grid asked with parallel items for gay or lesbian people and bisexual people, allowing a within-battery gap measureno middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesGeneral acceptanceJan 18–26, 2024 willingness to vote for a transgender or nonbinary congressional candidate
If your party nominated a well-qualified person for Congress, and you heard that they were any of the following, would that make you more likely to vote for that candidate, or less likely, or wouldn't it make any difference one way or the other? Transgender or nonbinary
Would not make a difference
59%
Less likely to vote for the candidate
33%
More likely to vote for the candidate
7%
Skipped/refused
1%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: classic Gallup-style 'well-qualified nominee of your own party' constructionparallel items for gay or lesbian and bisexual candidates in the same grid
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely to vote for the candidate
- Less likely to vote for the candidate
- Would not make a difference
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether government pays too much or too little attention to trans and nonbinary people
Do you think the government is paying too much attention, is paying about the right amount, or isn't paying enough attention to each of the following? Transgender or nonbinary people
Too much attention
48%
The right amount of attention
28%
Not enough attention
21%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: parallel items for gay or lesbian people and bisexual people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Too much attention
- The right amount of attention
- Not enough attention
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 attributed cause of gender not matching sex assigned at birth
In your opinion, why do some people feel their gender does not match the sex they're assigned at birth?
They are born that way
46%
They are influenced by society
29%
It is a lifestyle choice
24%
Skipped on web/refused
1%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: only three explanations offered, with no 'some combination' or 'other' optiondirectly parallel to Q12A about same-sex attraction, which allows comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- They are born that way
- They are influenced by society
- It is a lifestyle choice
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesGeneral acceptanceJan 18–26, 2024 approval of trans and nonbinary people living their lives as they wish
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Do you approve or disapprove of each of the following living their lives as they wish? People who are transgender or nonbinary
Approve 67%31% Disapprove
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: no middle optionparallel items for gay or lesbian people and bisexual people in the same grid'living their lives as they wish' is a broad, non-specific stimulus
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether increased political and media attention on trans people is good for society
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
In recent years, more political and media attention has been focused on transgender and nonbinary people. Do you think this is a good thing for society, a bad thing for society, or neither a good nor bad thing for society?
A bad thing for society
40%
A good thing for society
16%
Neither
42%
Skipped on web/refused
1%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: premise stated as fact in the stemexplicit 'neither' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A good thing for society
- A bad thing for society
- Neither
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether increased attention has been supportive of the trans community
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
On balance, how supportive or unsupportive do you think the increased political and media attention on transgender and nonbinary people has been for their community?
Somewhat supportive
38%
Somewhat unsupportive
25%
Mostly supportive
18%
Mostly unsupportive
17%
Skipped on web/refused
2%
Mostly/somewhat supportive (NET) 56%Mostly/somewhat unsupportive (NET) 42%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: no midpointnotable divergence between the general public and LGBTQ+ adults, who answer in the opposite direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Mostly supportive
- Somewhat supportive
- Somewhat unsupportive
- Mostly unsupportive
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans/nonbinary identity is real or 'just a phase', by age group: Young children
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Thinking about each of the following groups who identify as transgender or nonbinary, do you believe... Young children
It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
38%
It's just a phase most of the time
22%
It's always just a phase
20%
It's their true identity most of the time
13%
It's always their true identity
6%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: 'just a phase' is a delegitimizing frame supplied by the pollster as one poleno neutral 'don't know enough' option other than item nonresponseage of the trans person is the experimental variable across three items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- It's always their true identity
- It's their true identity most of the time
- It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
- It's just a phase most of the time
- It's always just a phase
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans/nonbinary identity is real or 'just a phase', by age group: Teenagers
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Thinking about each of the following groups who identify as transgender or nonbinary, do you believe... Teenagers
It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
37%
It's just a phase most of the time
22%
It's their true identity most of the time
19%
It's always just a phase
14%
It's always their true identity
7%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: 'just a phase' is a delegitimizing frame supplied by the pollster as one poleno neutral 'don't know enough' option other than item nonresponseage of the trans person is the experimental variable across three items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- It's always their true identity
- It's their true identity most of the time
- It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
- It's just a phase most of the time
- It's always just a phase
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans/nonbinary identity is real or 'just a phase', by age group: Adults
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Thinking about each of the following groups who identify as transgender or nonbinary, do you believe... Adults
It's their true identity most of the time
31%
It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
27%
It's always their true identity
21%
It's just a phase most of the time
10%
It's always just a phase
9%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: 'just a phase' is a delegitimizing frame supplied by the pollster as one poleno neutral 'don't know enough' option other than item nonresponseage of the trans person is the experimental variable across three items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- It's always their true identity
- It's their true identity most of the time
- It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
- It's just a phase most of the time
- It's always just a phase
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans issues are a real priority or a political distraction
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Issues regarding transgender and nonbinary people have come up in many states in the past few years. Which comes closer to your view?
Elected officials are mostly using debates over transgender and nonbinary people to distract attention from more pressing priorities.
77%
Issues regarding transgender people are an important priority for elected officials.
21%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: the two alternatives are not logical opposites - one is about importance, the other about elected officials' motivesthe 'distract' option is considerably longer and more elaborated than the 'priority' optionno middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Issues regarding transgender people are an important priority for elected officials.
- Elected officials are mostly using debates over transgender and nonbinary people to distract attention from more pressing priorities.
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesYouth medical careJan 18–26, 2024 state laws on gender-affirming care: ban minors
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Gender affirming care can include gender-affirming surgeries, puberty blockers for teenagers, and hormone treatments. Do you favor or oppose each of the following? State laws that prevent a child younger than 18 who identifies as transgender or nonbinary from receiving gender-affirming medical care when the parents, the child and their doctors believe that medical treatments are appropriate
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: preamble defines gender-affirming care as including surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone treatmentsno middle optionstipulates that parents, the child and doctors all agree the treatment is appropriate, which removes the consent controversy from the framerestrictive-direction item: 'favor' is the restrictive answer
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesParental rightsJan 18–26, 2024 whether schools should tell parents a teenager identifies as trans against the student's wishes
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
If a teenager tells a teacher or other school personnel that they identify as transgender or nonbinary but they do not want to tell their parents, which comes closest to your opinion on how the school should respond?
The school should respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
42%
The school should always tell the parents, regardless of the student's wishes.
28%
The school should tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
15%
The school should always respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents.
12%
Skipped/refused
3%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 10 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four graded options rather than a binary, which separates absolutists from those who allow exceptionsthe stem explicitly states the student does not want the parents told, which foregrounds the student's autonomy interest
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The school should always tell the parents, regardless of the student's wishes.
- The school should tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
- The school should respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
- The school should always respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents.
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSchool policyJan 18–26, 2024 whether local schools do too much or too little to accept trans students
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Do you believe that schools in your area are doing too much to accept transgender and nonbinary students, too little to accept transgender and nonbinary students, or are they already doing the right amount?
The right amount
44%
Too much
28%
Too little
25%
Skipped/refused
3%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: localized to 'schools in your area', which respondents may know little aboutexplicit 'right amount' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Too much
- Too little
- The right amount
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender girls being allowed to compete on girls' teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender girls being allowed to compete on girls' teams in sports
Never
50%
In most cases
19%
In rare cases
16%
Always
12%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 66%Always/in most cases (NET) 31%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender women being allowed to compete on women's teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender women being allowed to compete on women's teams in sports
Never
52%
In most cases
17%
In rare cases
17%
Always
11%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 69%Always/in most cases (NET) 29%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender boys being allowed to compete on boys' teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender boys being allowed to compete on boys' teams in sports
Never
45%
In most cases
24%
Always
18%
In rare cases
11%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 56%Always/in most cases (NET) 41%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 13 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender men being allowed to compete on men's teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender men being allowed to compete on men's teams in sports
Never
45%
In most cases
22%
Always
17%
In rare cases
13%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 58%Always/in most cases (NET) 39%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 13 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Los Angeles TimesYouth medical careparaphraseddata flagJan 18–26, 2024 minors; PROTECTIVE-LAW framing - support for state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care, rather than laws that ban it
[Are you in favor of] state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care for minors
Base: Reported as 'more than 1,600 Americans'; exact n not published in the write-up retrieved.
Wording notes: PROTECTIVE framing (favor = permit) - the reverse polarity of nearly every other item in this fileumbrella term, no treatment namedstate-law scopeno age threshold beyond 'minors'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CBS News/YouGovYouth medical careJan 10–12, 2024preference for a GOP candidate who would ban gender-related surgeries for minors
In the Republican presidential primaries in 2024, would you prefer to vote for a Republican candidate who...
In the Republican presidential primaries in 2024, would you prefer to vote for a Republican candidate who... Ban surgeries that change a child's gender
Base: Full sample 2,870 U.S. adults; both items below were asked among likely Republican primary voters (weighted N=729 for the 'hear candidates talk about' item)
Wording notes: 'surgeries that change a child's gender' - describes a procedure that is rarely performed on minorsbinary yes/no with no 'don't know' offeredasked in a battery of candidate-attribute items including 'makes liberals angry' and 'challenges woke ideas'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CBS News/YouGovPolitical salienceJan 10–12, 2024 how much GOP primary voters want candidates to talk about transgender issues in schools
How much do you want to hear the Republican candidates talk about...?
How much do you want to hear the Republican candidates talk about...? Transgender issues in schools
Base: Full sample 2,870 U.S. adults; both items below were asked among likely Republican primary voters (weighted N=729 for the 'hear candidates talk about' item)
Wording notes: measures desired campaign salience, not policy directionbattery item alongside the border, the economy, Israel-Hamas and the Trump/Hunter Biden indictments
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Ipsosfor ReutersSchool policyJan 3–9, 2024whether sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in grades 1-8
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Issues related to sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in public schools, grades 1-8.
Base: Democrat N=2001; Republican N=1941; Independent N=449.
Wording notes: grade band 1-8 spans six-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds, treated as one undifferentiated policybundles sex, sexuality and gender identity into a single stimulusasks about instruction, not about how trans students themselves are treated - a distinction the public debate often collapses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–22, 2024satisfaction with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation (Mood of the Nation state-of-the-nation battery, asked of a random half sample)
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so.
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so. How about -- the acceptance of transgender people in the nation?
Somewhat satisfied
28%
Somewhat satisfied
28%
Very dissatisfied
27%
Very dissatisfied
27%
Somewhat dissatisfied
21%
Somewhat dissatisfied
21%
Very satisfied
8%
Very satisfied
8%
No opinion
16%
Don't know
12%
- Sample
- 1,011 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,011; the transgender item rests on the Form B half sample of 506, for which Gallup publishes no separate margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 96 subgroup figures
Base: The item was asked of Form B only. Gallup's January 2024 final topline gives the base as 'BASED ON ~506~ NATIONAL ADULTS IN FORM B' (unweighted n=506, weighted n=494) out of a full sample of 1,011. Gallup publishes no separate half-sample margin of error.
Wording notes: asked of a random half sample of the January Mood of the Nation samplesatisfaction framing collapses two opposite reasons for dissatisfaction (wanting more acceptance and wanting less) into a single 'dissatisfied' response, which Gallup itself disentangles only with the 2026 follow-upexplicit don't-know escape offered in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very satisfied
- Somewhat satisfied
- Somewhat dissatisfied
- Very dissatisfied
- No opinion
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceJan 2024 – Jan 31, 2024would support a close family member or friend who came out as transgender or nonbinary
% non-LGBTQ strongly/somewhat agree
If someone close to me (like a family member or close friend) told me they were transgender or nonbinary, I would support them
Strongly/somewhat agree - lesbian, gay or bisexual version
82%
Strongly/somewhat agree - transgender or nonbinary version
77%
- Sample
- 2,511 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: items reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published. Several charts in the 2024 report are sourced instead to a separate 'GLAAD 2024 LGBTQ voter pulse poll' whose methodology GLAAD did not publish.
Wording notes: only the agree net is published
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
GLAADfor GLAADSurveys of trans peopleJan 2024 – Jan 31, 2024 LGBTQ respondents reporting discrimination based on gender identity, by generation
% LGBTQ reporting discrimination related to sexual/romantic orientation and/or gender identity
Discrimination based on gender identity
Base: items reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published. Several charts in the 2024 report are sourced instead to a separate 'GLAAD 2024 LGBTQ voter pulse poll' whose methodology GLAAD did not publish.
Wording notes: reported separately from the sexual-orientation ground, unlike the 2017 wave
GallupContact & populationJan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 self-identification as transgender
Which of the following do you consider yourself to be? You can select as many as apply: Straight or heterosexual; Lesbian; Gay; Bisexual; Transgender.
Base: approximately 900 LGBTQ+ adults interviewed
Wording notes: mixes sexual orientation and gender identity in one select-all listasked as a demographic item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Straight or heterosexual
- Lesbian
- Gay
- Bisexual
- Transgender
- Something else
- No opinion / refused
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Los Angeles TimesYouth medical careparaphrasedJan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 minors; PROTECTIVE-LAW framing - support for state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care, rather than laws that ban it
[Are you in favor of] state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care for minors
Base: Reported as 'more than 1,600 Americans'; exact n not published in the write-up retrieved.
Wording notes: PROTECTIVE framing (favor = permit) - the reverse polarity of nearly every other item in this fileumbrella term, no treatment namedstate-law scopeno age threshold beyond 'minors'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRIYouth medical careJan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024laws barring parents from consenting to a child's gender-transition care
How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: PRRI interviewed more than 22,000 adults across 2024 for the American Values Atlas; the transgender-policy items were fielded on a subset of that total, which the report does not separately size in the text retrieved.
Wording notes: restrictive policy is the 'favor' poleframes the ban as acting on parents, not on providers
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careparaphrasedJan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 minor children; 'medical care for a gender transition'; BAN framing routed through PARENTAL AUTHORITY - the law restricts parents rather than doctors or minors
Laws that would prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition [favor or oppose]
Base: PRRI interviewed more than 22,000 adults across 2024 for the American Values Atlas; the transgender-policy items were fielded on a subset of that total, which the report does not separately size in the text retrieved.
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)the restricted party is PARENTS, not doctors or minors - the most parental-rights-inflected wording in this file'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'no treatment namedno age threshold beyond 'child'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Eagleton CenterSchool policyDec 13–23, 2023legal requirement that a teacher out a transgender student to parents (split-sample form A)
A student confides in their teacher that they are transgender. The student tells the teacher that they don't feel safe coming out to their parents and asks the teacher to refrain from sharing this information with them. Do you think the teacher should be required by law to ...?
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: vignette specifies the student does not feel safe coming outsplit-sample experiment isolating 'required by law' vs 'should'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Tell the student's parents they are transgender
- Not tell the student's parents they are transgender
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterContact & populationDec 13–23, 2023 knowing a transgender person
To the best of your knowledge, do you personally know someone who identifies as transgender? Please check all that apply.
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: check-all-that-apply; released figures are a recode into a yes/no dichotomy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Me
- Family member
- Close friend
- Acquaintance
- No
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterOtherDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency of bullying experienced by transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Bullying from other children
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterOtherDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency of depression and anxiety among transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Depression and anxiety
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterOtherDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency of verbal harassment of transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Verbal harassment
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterOtherDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency of physical abuse of transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Physical abuse
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterParental rightsDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency of parental disapproval experienced by transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Disapproval from their parents
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Eagleton CenterSchool policyDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency of teacher disapproval experienced by transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Disapproval from their teachers
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Rutgers-Eagleton PollSchool policyDec 13–23, 2023whether a teacher should be required BY LAW to tell parents a student is transgender when the student says they do not feel safe coming out
Note: This question was part of a split sample. Half of respondents received L5A and half received L5B.
A student confides in their teacher that they are transgender. The student tells the teacher that they don't feel safe coming out to their parents and asks the teacher to refrain from sharing this information with them. Do you think the teacher should be required by law to ...?
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points; L5A/L5B were a split sample (n=826 and n=817)
Wording notes: vignette specifies the student does not feel safe coming out, which foregrounds a safety considerationvignette specifies the student asked the teacher not to sharelegal-requirement version of a split-sample pair with L5B
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Tell the student's parents they are transgender
- Not tell the student's parents they are transgender
- Don't know
Rutgers-Eagleton PollGeneral acceptanceDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency with which transgender children experience bullying, disapproval, mental health problems, harassment and physical abuse
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following?
Depression and anxiety - Frequently
63%
Bullying from other children - Frequently
53%
Verbal harassment - Frequently
51%
Disapproval from their parents - Frequently
37%
Disapproval from their parents - Occasionally
34%
Physical abuse - Occasionally
34%
Disapproval from their teachers - Occasionally
31%
Physical abuse - Frequently
30%
Bullying from other children - Occasionally
26%
Verbal harassment - Occasionally
26%
- Sample
- 1,657 adults · +/- 2.8 percentage points (simple sampling error +/- 2.4, adjusted for a design effect of 1.39)
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: New Jersey
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 18 subgroup figures
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points; L5A/L5B were a split sample (n=826 and n=817)
Wording notes: battery of six items measuring perceived victimizationmeasures perception of others' experience, not the respondent's own policy preference
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Rutgers-Eagleton PollContact & populationDec 13–23, 2023 personally knowing someone transgender, or being transgender oneself
Note: This item was recoded due to the "check all" nature, to provide accurate counts for each individual respondent and for statistical analysis purposes. The original check count was: 17 "me," 137 "family member," 168 "close friend," 545 "acquaintance," 825 "no," and 38 "don't know."
To the best of your knowledge, do you personally know someone who identifies as transgender? Please check all that apply.
Does not know someone who is transgender or is not transgender themselves (includes "no" and "don't know")
52%
Knows someone who is transgender and/or is transgender themselves
48%
- Sample
- 1,657 adults · +/- 2.8 percentage points (simple sampling error +/- 2.4, adjusted for a design effect of 1.39)
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: New Jersey
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points; L5A/L5B were a split sample (n=826 and n=817)
Wording notes: check-all-that-apply, recoded to a binary by the pollster'don't know' responses folded into the negative category by the pollster
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Me
- Family member
- Close friend
- Acquaintance
- No
- Don't know