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GallupContact & populationJan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021self-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: combined data from 13 separate Gallup telephone polls conducted in 2021 between January and December
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
- Other (volunteered)
- No opinion / refused
GallupContact & populationJan 2020 – Dec 31, 2020 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: 692 LGBT adults, MOE ±5 percentage points
Wording notes: mixes sexual orientation and gender identity in one select-all list, so a trans respondent must choose 'transgender' alongside or instead of an orientationasked as a demographic item at the end of Gallup telephone surveysno nonbinary option in this wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Straight or heterosexual
- Lesbian
- Gay
- Bisexual
- Transgender
- Other
- No opinion / refused
GallupMilitary serviceMay 15–30, 2019 allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military
Do you favor or oppose allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the military?
Wording notes: uses 'openly transgender men and women'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupBathrooms & facilitiesMay 15–30, 2019 restroom policy: birth gender vs. gender identity (third reading of the 2016 trend)
In terms of policies governing public restrooms, do you think these policies should -- [ROTATED: require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender (or should these policies) allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity]?
Wording notes: response alternatives rotatedboth alternatives explicitly stated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender
- Allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity
- No opinion
GallupBathrooms & facilitiesMay 15–30, 2019 separate men's and women's restrooms vs. unisex restrooms in large public places
More generally, in large public places such as malls, stadiums and airports, do you think there should be -- [ROTATED: separate bathrooms for men and women, (or should there be) unisex bathrooms that can be used by all genders]?
Wording notes: response alternatives rotateddoes not name transgender people in the item itself, but sits inside the transgender restroom battery and is introduced by Gallup as the generalized form of that debate
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Separate bathrooms for men and women
- Unisex bathrooms that can be used by all genders
- No opinion
GallupNondiscriminationparaphraseddata flagMay 3–7, 2017 whether new civil rights laws are needed for LGBT people
Do you think new civil rights laws are needed to reduce discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people, or not?
Wording notes: abstract 'new civil rights laws' framing rather than naming concrete protected domainsnames transgender people only as the T in an LGBT list
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, needed
- No, not needed
- No opinion
GallupBathrooms & facilitiesMay 3–7, 2017 public restroom policy - birth gender vs gender identity
In terms of policies governing public restrooms, do you think these policies should -- [ROTATED: require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender (or should these policies) allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'response order rotatedno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender
- Allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity
- No opinion
GallupNondiscriminationMay 3–7, 2017 whether new civil rights laws are needed for LGBT people
Do you think new civil rights laws are needed to reduce discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people, or not?
Wording notes: names transgender people explicitly but inside a combined LGBT item'new' laws framing can depress support by implying existing protections already exist
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, needed
- No, not needed
- No opinion
Gallupfor Sharecare (Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2, 2017 – Dec 30, 2017 combined LGBT self-identification (transgender not broken out)
Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?
Wording notes: single yes/no collapses four distinct identities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / refused
GallupBathrooms & facilitiesMay 4–8, 2016 public restroom policy - birth gender vs. gender identity
In terms of policies governing public restrooms, do you think these policies should -- [ROTATED: require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender (or should these policies) allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option offeredresponse order rotated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender
- Allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity
- No opinion
GallupBathrooms & facilitiesMay 2016 public restroom policy - birth gender vs gender identity
In terms of policies governing public restrooms, do you think these policies should -- [ROTATED: require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender (or should these policies) allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'response order rotatedno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender
- Allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity
- No opinion
GallupBathrooms & facilitiesMay 2016 – May 31, 2016 public restroom policy: birth gender vs. gender identity
In terms of policies governing public restrooms, do you think these policies should -- [ROTATED: require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender (or should these policies) allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'uses 'transgender individuals', not 'biological males'alternatives explicitly ROTATEDrestrooms only - locker rooms not namedno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender
- Allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity
- No opinion
Gallupfor Healthways (Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 combined LGBT self-identification (transgender not broken out)
Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?
Wording notes: single yes/no collapses four distinct identities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / refused
Gallupfor Healthways (Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 combined LGBT self-identification (transgender not broken out)
Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?
Wording notes: single yes/no collapses four distinct identities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / refused
Gallupfor Healthways (Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 combined LGBT self-identification (transgender not broken out)
Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?
Wording notes: single yes/no collapses four distinct identities, so transgender prevalence cannot be recoveredasked at the end of a long tracking interview
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / refused