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Pew Research CenterGeneral acceptanceMay 16–22, 2022pace of change in societal views on transgender and nonbinary issues
Thinking about the topics we asked you about in this survey related to transgender issues and people who don't identify as a man or a woman, would you say views on these issues in our society are...
Base: Form 1 n=5,120; Form 2 n=5,068. Parents of children under 18 in household n=2,604; parents of elementary schoolers n=1,339; parents of middle/high schoolers n=1,351. Rep/Lean Rep n=4,841 (±2.2 points); Dem/Lean Dem n=5,092 (±2.2 points).
Wording notes: asked at the end of the battery, so answers are conditioned on the preceding itemsoptions 1 and 2 randomized with 'about the right speed' always last
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Changing too quickly
- Not changing quickly enough
- Changing at about the right speed
- No answer
Pew Research CenterContact & populationMay 16–22, 2022 self-identification as transgender or nonbinary (population estimate)
Now just a couple of questions for demographic purposes...
What sex were you assigned at birth, on your original birth certificate? [Male / Female] ... Do you describe yourself as a man, a woman, nonbinary or in some other way? [A man / A woman / Nonbinary / In some other way]
Not transgender nor nonbinary
96.3%
Nonbinary
1%
Transgender man or transgender woman
0.6%
Another identity
0.5%
No answer to SEX or GENDERNEW, or answered 'no' to GENDERCONFIRM
1.6%
Transgender or nonbinary (NET) 1.6%
- Sample
- 10,188 adults · ±1.6 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Form 1 n=5,120; Form 2 n=5,068. Parents of children under 18 in household n=2,604; parents of elementary schoolers n=1,339; parents of middle/high schoolers n=1,351. Rep/Lean Rep n=4,841 (±2.2 points); Dem/Lean Dem n=5,092 (±2.2 points).
Wording notes: two-step sex-at-birth/gender-identity measure with a GENDERCONFIRM verification item for mismatches (n=75)decimals reported because of small shares
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender man or transgender woman
- Nonbinary
- Not transgender nor nonbinary
- Another identity
- No answer / not confirmed
Pew Research CenterYouth medical careMay 16–22, 2022 younger than 18; 'medical care for a gender transition' with no treatment named; BAN framing directed at health care professionals ('make it illegal'); FIVE-POINT scale with an explicit middle 'neither favor nor oppose'
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in the U.S. related to transgender issues.
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in the U.S. related to transgender issues. Would you favor or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition
Base: Form 1 n=5,120; Form 2 n=5,068. Parents of children under 18 in household n=2,604; parents of elementary schoolers n=1,339; parents of middle/high schoolers n=1,351. Rep/Lean Rep n=4,841 (±2.2 points); Dem/Lean Dem n=5,092 (±2.2 points).
Wording notes: BAN framing - 'make it illegal' is the strongest criminalization verb in the corpusexplicit under-18 thresholdno treatment namedregulated party is health care professionalsoffers an explicit neither-favor-nor-oppose midpoint, taken by 22%items randomized and response options rotated 1-5/5-1
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- No answer
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParty & candidate handlingparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022vote likelihood for a candidate who supports criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate who supports criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth?
Wording notes: 'criminalizing' is the memo's characterization; the literal stem is unavailable
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParty & candidate handlingparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 vote likelihood for a candidate who would ban social transition for trans youth
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a politician who wants to ban social transition (like how transgender kids dress or cut their hair in ways that affirm their identity)?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 whether transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming care
Which of the following comes closest to your opinion, even if none are exactly right? [Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it / if recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents / Parents should ultimately decide / Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care]
Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care
21%
NET: should have access to gender-affirming care if recommended by their doctor and/or supported by their parents 54%
- Sample
- 300 registered voters · plus or minus 6 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- Florida (statewide)
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: 'should have access' net combines a doctor-only and a doctor-plus-parent condition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it.
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents.
- Parents should ultimately decide whether their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care.
- Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care.
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 making it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth
Do you support or oppose making it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParental rightsparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 restricting social transition (dress and hair) for transgender youth
Do you support or oppose restricting transgender youths' ability to socially transition, by dressing or cutting their hair in ways that affirm that identity?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectBooks & mediaMay 13–18, 2022 Banning books on LGBTQ topics in school libraries
Banning books on LGBTQ topics in school libraries.
Wording notes: items are worded so that 'support' means supporting the ban or restriction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Total Support
- Don't Know / No Opinion
- Total Oppose
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectSchool policyMay 13–18, 2022 Blocking students from accessing LGBTQ resources and educational content on the internet at school
Blocking students from accessing LGBTQ resources and educational content on the internet at school.
Wording notes: items are worded so that 'support' means supporting the ban or restriction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Total Support
- Don't Know / No Opinion
- Total Oppose
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectSchool policyMay 13–18, 2022 Banning classroom instruction about LGBTQ topics, including sexual orientation and gender identity, in school
Banning classroom instruction about LGBTQ topics, including sexual orientation and gender identity, in school.
Wording notes: items are worded so that 'support' means supporting the ban or restriction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Total Support
- Don't Know / No Opinion
- Total Oppose
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParty & candidate handlingparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 vote likelihood for a candidate who would make gender-affirming care for trans youth illegal
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate who tries to make it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParental rightsparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 charging parents and pediatricians with child abuse for providing gender-affirming care (Texas DFPS directive)
Do you support or oppose charging parents and pediatricians with child abuse for providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth?
Wording notes: describes the policy at issue in Gov. Abbott's DFPS directive
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParty & candidate handlingparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 vote likelihood for a candidate who would ban social transition for minors
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate who tries to ban social transition for minors (i.e. how they dress or cut their hair) in ways that affirm their identity?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careMay 13–15, 2022 whether transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming care
Which of the following comes closest to your opinion, even if none are exactly right?
Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care.
31%
Parents should ultimately decide whether their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care.
24%
Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it.
15%
NET: should have access to gender-affirming medical care 45%
- Sample
- 297 registered voters · plus or minus 6 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- Texas (statewide)
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: the reported 45% 'should have access' net combines only the first two options; the parental-decision option is excluded from that net
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it.
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents.
- Parents should ultimately decide whether their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care.
- Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care.
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 making it illegal to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth
Do you support or oppose making it illegal to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParental rightsparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 restricting transgender youths' ability to dress in ways that affirm their identity
Do you support or oppose restricting transgender youths' ability to dress in ways that affirm their identity?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 vote likelihood for a candidate who supports criminalizing gender-affirming health care for trans youth
Whether the respondent is more or less likely to vote for a candidate who supports criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth.
Wording notes: uses 'criminalizing' rather than a neutral policy descriptionadvocacy-sponsored poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- (remainder not reported)
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 vote likelihood for a politician who wants to ban social transition for trans youth
Whether the respondent is more or less likely to vote for politicians who want to ban social transition (like how trans kids dress or cut their hair in ways that affirm their identity).
Wording notes: 'social transition' is defined sympathetically in terms of dress and hairadvocacy-sponsored poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- (remainder not reported)
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careMay 13–18, 2022 conditions under which transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care
Which of the following comes closest to your opinion, even if none are exactly right?
Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care
21%
Should have access if recommended by their doctor and/or supported by their parents (net of the two access options) 54%
- Sample
- 300 registered voters · plus or minus 6 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Florida
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: three of four options permit access under some condition, one denies itno option for a flat legal ban framed as such
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it.
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents.
- Parents should ultimately decide whether their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care.
- Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care.
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 making it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth
Support or opposition to making it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
Wording notes: restriction framed as making care 'illegal'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–18, 2022 restricting transgender youths' ability to socially transition
Support or opposition to restricting transgender youths' ability to socially transition, by dressing or cutting their hair in ways that affirm that identity.
Wording notes: social transition defined only as dress and hair
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectSchool policyMay 13–18, 2022 banning classroom instruction about LGBTQ topics including sexual orientation and gender identity
Banning classroom instruction about LGBTQ topics, including sexual orientation and gender identity, in school.
Wording notes: policy framed as a 'ban'explicitly names gender identity, so in scope
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Total Support
- Total Oppose
- Don't Know / No Opinion
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 vote likelihood for a candidate who tries to make gender-affirming care for trans youth illegal
Whether the respondent is more or less likely to vote for a candidate who tries to make it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
Wording notes: advocacy-sponsored poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- (remainder not reported)
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParental rightsparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 charging parents and pediatricians with child abuse for providing gender-affirming care
Support or opposition to charging parents and pediatricians with child abuse for providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
Wording notes: names both parents and pediatricians as targets
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 vote likelihood for a candidate who tries to ban social transition for minors
Whether the respondent is less likely to vote for a candidate who tries to ban social transition for minors (i.e. how they dress or cut their hair) in ways that affirm their identity.
Wording notes: social transition defined only as dress and haironly the 'less likely' figure was published
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- (remainder not reported)
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careMay 13–15, 2022 conditions under which transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care
Which of the following comes closest to your opinion, even if none are exactly right?
Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care.
31%
Parents should ultimately decide whether their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care.
24%
Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it.
15%
Should have access (net of the two access options) 45%
- Sample
- 297 registered voters · plus or minus 6 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Texas
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: three of four options permit access under some condition, one denies itno option for a flat legal ban framed as such
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if their doctor recommends it.
- Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming medical care if recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents.
- Parents should ultimately decide whether their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care.
- Transgender minors should not have access to gender-affirming medical care.
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 making it illegal to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth
Support or opposition to making it illegal to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth.
Wording notes: restriction framed as making care 'illegal'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 13–15, 2022 restricting transgender youths' ability to dress in ways that affirm their identity
Support or opposition to restricting transgender youths' ability to dress in ways that affirm their identity.
Wording notes: social transition reduced to dress
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Marist Pollfor Center for Sports Communication at Marist CollegeSportsMay 9–17, 2022whether transgender athletes may play on teams matching gender identity or birth gender
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes.
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes. Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity or should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option; 'Unsure' is volunteered onlypreamble establishes sex-segregated teams as the premise before the question is asked
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
- Should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
- Vol: Unsure
Marist Pollfor Center for Sports Communication at Marist CollegeIdentity beliefsparaphrasedMay 9–17, 2022 whether birth-certificate sex is the only way to define male and female in society
Do you think defining gender as the sex listed on a person's original birth certificate is the only way to define male and female in society or is out of date, and needs to be updated to include identity?
Wording notes: the affirming alternative is loaded with 'is out of date', which supplies a reason rather than a positionno middle option; 'Unsure' is volunteered only
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Is the only way to define male and female in society
- Is out of date, and needs to be updated to include identity
- Vol: Unsure
Marquette Law School PollNondiscriminationMay 9–19, 2022Bostock v. Clayton County - workplace protections for gay and transgender workers
In 2020 the Supreme Court ruled that a federal civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. How much do you favor or oppose this decision?
Wording notes: bundles sexual orientation and gender identity into one itemdescribes an existing Court holding rather than an abstract policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
Oregon Values and Beliefs CenterNondiscriminationMay 6–19, 2022support for Title IX protecting transgender students from exclusion/discrimination
Some of the issues that Title IX is intended to address can bring up strong feelings for people. We acknowledge this and thank you for your careful thought on these topics.
The current interpretation of Title IX also protects students and those involved with schools that receive federal funding from being excluded or discriminated against if they are transgender. Do you support this aspect of Title IX?
Wording notes: asked after parallel items on sex-based harassment and sexual orientationdescribes current law rather than a proposed change
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Definitely yes
- Lean yes
- Lean no
- Definitely no
- Don't know
Oregon Values and Beliefs CenterSportsMay 6–19, 2022 transgender students on school sports teams matching gender identity vs birth gender
Which one of these statements comes closest to your opinion? [ROTATE two statements]
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'statement order rotatedexplicit no-opinion option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender students should be allowed to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
- Transgender students should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
- No opinion, don't know
Oregon Values and Beliefs CenterSportsMay 6–19, 2022 opinion change after mental-health information treatment (asked of birth-gender-only respondents)
Base: Transgender students should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
Studies have shown that for transgender youth who are at schools that affirm their gender identity, their risk of poor mental health and suicidality decreases. Considering this, does your opinion change on transgender students and sports?
Wording notes: information treatment / persuasion probeasked only of respondents who chose the restrictive option at Q13one-sided evidence presented
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- I feel the same-- transgender students should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
- I feel less certain of my opinion-I'd have to learn more or think about it
- I have changed my mind-- transgender students should be allowed to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
Oregon Values and Beliefs CenterBathrooms & facilitiesMay 6–19, 2022 transgender students using school bathrooms matching gender identity vs birth gender
In a similar vein, which one of these statements comes closest to your opinion? [ROTATE two statements]
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'statement order rotatedexplicit no-opinion option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender students should be allowed to use bathrooms that match their current gender identity
- Transgender students should only be allowed to use bathrooms that match their birth gender
- No opinion, don't know
Oregon Values and Beliefs CenterBathrooms & facilitiesMay 6–19, 2022 opinion change after mental-health information treatment (asked of birth-gender-only respondents)
Base: Transgender students should only be allowed to use bathrooms that match their birth gender
Studies show that preventing transgender students from accessing bathrooms that match their gender identity is associated with harmful mental health indicators like suicide. Considering this, does your opinion change on transgender students and non-binary students?
Wording notes: information treatment / persuasion probeasked only of respondents who chose the restrictive option at Q15one-sided evidence presented
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- I feel the same-- transgender students should only be allowed to use bathrooms that match their birth gender
- I feel less certain of my opinion-I'd have to learn more or think about it
- I have changed my mind-- transgender students should be allowed to use bathrooms that match their current gender identity
NNNBC NewsGeneral acceptanceMay 5–10, 2022
whether society has gone too far or not far enough in dealing with transgender people
Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings about the way our society deals with people who are transgender, that is, someone who does not identify with their birth gender, like a person born as a man who now identifies and is living as a woman?
Have not gone far enough in ending discrimination against transgender people
35%
Have gone too far in accepting transgender people
33%
Have reached a reasonable balance
25%
Mixed (vol.)
0%
Not sure
5%
Neither (vol.)
2%
- Sample
- 1,000 adults · ±3.10 percentage points for 1,000 adults (±3.49 for 790 registered voters)
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Fielded May 5-7 and May 9-10, 2022; 1,000 adults, including 750 interviewed on their cell phone
Wording notes: defines 'transgender' inside the question stemuses 'birth gender'offers an explicit middle option ('a reasonable balance')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Too far
- Not far enough
- A reasonable balance
- None/Mixed (vol.)
- Unsure
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationMay 5, 2022 – Dec 20, 2022GSS variable SEXNOW1 - self-described current sex/gender; transgender self-identification prevalence
Do you describe yourself as male, female, or transgender?
Base: includes an AmeriSpeak panel component incorporated through the WTSSNRPS_AS weight
Wording notes: 'transgender' offered as a mutually exclusive alternative to male/female
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- None of these
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationMay 5, 2022 – Dec 20, 2022 GSS variable PTNRSXNOW - gender of respondent's most recent sexual partner
To the best of your knowledge, does your most recent sexual partner describe themselves as male, female, or transgender?
Base: includes an AmeriSpeak panel component incorporated through the WTSSNRPS_AS weight
Wording notes: proxy report about a third party
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- A gender not listed here