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YouGovfor The EconomistGeneral acceptanceApr 9–12, 2022perceived level of discrimination faced by transgender people
Battery stem asked about multiple groups; item D is 'Transgender people'
How much discrimination do the following people face in America today?
Base: 1,303 registered voters
Wording notes: battery item; comparative context with other groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal
- A fair amount
- Not much
- None at all
Ipsosfor NPRSchool policyparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2022whether the child's school teaches sexuality and gender identity consistent with the parent's values
Do you agree or disagree that your child's school is teaching about ... sexuality and gender identity in a way that is consistent with your values?
Wording notes: bundles sexuality and gender identity'consistent with your values' framing rather than approve/disapprove
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Ipsosfor NPRSchool policyApr 7–13, 2022 whether the child's school teaches sexuality and gender identity consistent with the parent's values
Do you believe your child's school teaches each of the following topics in a way that is consistent with your values? - Sexuality and gender identity
Wording notes: bundles sexuality and gender identity into one item'consistent with your values' framing rather than approve/disapprovelarge don't-know share (35%) and a sizeable 'school does not teach this' share (19%)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Their school does not teach about this
- Don't know
- Skipped
DJDan Jones & Associatesfor Deseret NewsSportsparaphrasedApr 5–12, 2022
Utah HB11, banning transgender girls from girls' school sports
Do you support or oppose HB11, the law banning transgender girls from competing in girls' school sports?
Wording notes: names a specific bill by number, so responses may partly track partisan cues about the bill rather than the policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisIdentity beliefsMar 23–24, 2022whether 'there are only two genders' should be censored online
Next, we would like to show you some things people might say on the web. For each one, indicate if you think they should be permitted to say that on the web or should be censored and removed. There are only two genders, male and female
Base: Unweighted base 1,990; weighted base 2,000.
Wording notes: the trans-related item is embedded in a list that also includes Holocaust denial and a threat against the President, which anchors it against extreme speechmeasures speech tolerance, not agreement with the statement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Stay on the web
- Censored and removed
AP-NORCfor University of Chicago Harris School of Public PolicyBathrooms & facilitiesMar 17–21, 2022transgender students' bathroom access in K-12 public schools
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following as it relates to K-12 public schools? Allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity
Base: 965 completed via the web and 65 via telephone; 38 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting
Wording notes: asked in a grid with COVID vaccine mandates, school police, school renaming, and book restrictions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- DK
- SKP/REF
YouGovfor The EconomistIdentity beliefsMar 12–15, 2022 self-rated understanding of what being transgender means
How well do you feel you understand what it means for someone to identify as transgender?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely well
- Very well
- Moderately well
- Not too well
- Not well at all
YouGovfor The EconomistGeneral acceptanceMar 12–15, 2022 perceived level of discrimination against transgender people
How much discrimination do you think there is against people who are transgender in the United States today?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- A little
- None
- Not sure
YouGovfor The EconomistSportsMar 12–15, 2022 transgender student athletes on teams matching gender identity
Transgender Issues -- Allowing transgender student athletes to play on sports teams that match their gender identity, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth?
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Wording notes: identical battery repeated in the April 8-11 2023 Economist/YouGov poll, so the two are directly comparable
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovfor The EconomistPronouns & languageMar 12–15, 2022 knowing someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns
Do you personally know anyone who uses gender-neutral pronouns such as "they" instead of "he" or "she" when referring to themselves?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor The EconomistPronouns & languageMar 12–15, 2022 comfort using a gender-neutral pronoun on request
How comfortable, if at all, would you feel using a gender-neutral pronoun to refer to someone if they asked you to do so?
Wording notes: no Not sure category offeredasks about personal behaviour on request rather than about compulsion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
YouGovfor The EconomistPronouns & languageMar 12–15, 2022 personal experience of being asked to share pronouns
Have you ever been asked or required to share your own pronouns, either in person or on a form?
Wording notes: conflates 'asked' and 'required', which are the two sides of the compelled-speech dispute
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor PoliticoSchool policyMar 11–14, 2022K-3 ban on teaching sexual orientation and gender identity
As you may know, the Florida legislature has passed a bill - labeled by opponents as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill - limiting the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity to Florida school students. Some say that limiting these discussions will protect children from inappropriate classroom topics, while others say it will block important conversations about LGBTQ issues.
As you may know, the Florida legislature has passed a bill - labeled by opponents as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill - limiting the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity to Florida school students. Some say that limiting these discussions will protect children from inappropriate classroom topics, while others say it will block important conversations about LGBTQ issues.To what extent do you support or oppose the following items in the bill? Banning the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade
Wording notes: balanced-argument preamble supplies one pro and one con rationale before the itemsthe pro argument ('protect children from inappropriate classroom topics') presupposes that the topics are inappropriate, while the con argument is framed as blocking conversationopponents' label 'Don't Say Gay' is attributed rather than adopteda national sample of registered voters is asked about one state's bill
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning Consultfor PoliticoSchool policyparaphrasedMar 11–14, 2022 Florida Parental Rights in Education Act - K-3 ban on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity
Would you support or oppose a provision banning the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade? [Survey wording laid out arguments made by the bill's supporters that limiting these discussions would protect children from inappropriate classroom topics as well as the opponents' views that it would block important conversations about LGBTQ issues.]
Wording notes: balanced two-sided argument frame supplied to respondentspolicy described by its provisions, not by the 'Don't Say Gay' label
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor PoliticoSchool policyparaphrasedMar 11–14, 2022 Florida Parental Rights in Education Act - 'age appropriate' limit after third grade
Would you support or oppose a provision limiting lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity after third grade to 'age appropriate' discussions?
Wording notes: 'age appropriate' is the bill's own framing and is undefined for the respondent
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor PoliticoSchool policyparaphrasedMar 11–14, 2022 Florida Parental Rights in Education Act - private right of action for parents
Would you support or oppose allowing parents to sue school districts over alleged violations of restrictions on sexual orientation and gender identity discussions in schools?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovContact & populationMar 11–15, 2022 knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who identifies as transgender? Select all that apply.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, me
- Yes, a family member
- Yes, a close friend
- Yes, an acquaintance
- No
YouGovIdentity beliefsMar 11–15, 2022 whether gender is determined by sex assigned at birth
Which statement comes closer to your views, even if neither is exactly right?
Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth
57%
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
43%
- Sample
- 1,000 adult citizens · approximately 3.3 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth
- Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
YouGovGeneral acceptanceMar 11–15, 2022 society gone too far / not far enough in accepting transgender people
Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings?
Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender
33%
Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender
28%
Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender
19%
Not sure
20%
- Sample
- 1,000 adult citizens · approximately 3.3 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender
- Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender
- Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender
- Not sure
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesMar 11–15, 2022 bathroom and locker room access
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing transgender people to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth?
Wording notes: items 3, 4 and 5 of the grid are worded so that 'support' means supporting discrimination, reversing the usual polarity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovMilitary serviceMar 11–15, 2022 transgender military service
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing transgender people to serve in the military?
Wording notes: items 3, 4 and 5 of the grid are worded so that 'support' means supporting discrimination, reversing the usual polarity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovNondiscriminationMar 11–15, 2022 employment discrimination
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing employers to fire people or refuse to hire people for being transgender?
Wording notes: items 3, 4 and 5 of the grid are worded so that 'support' means supporting discrimination, reversing the usual polarity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovNondiscriminationMar 11–15, 2022 health care provider refusal
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing doctors or other health care providers to refuse to treat people because they are transgender?
Wording notes: items 3, 4 and 5 of the grid are worded so that 'support' means supporting discrimination, reversing the usual polarity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovAdult medical careMar 11–15, 2022 insurance coverage refusal
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing health insurance companies to refuse to pay for health care services for people who are transgender?
Wording notes: items 3, 4 and 5 of the grid are worded so that 'support' means supporting discrimination, reversing the usual polarity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovSportsMar 11–15, 2022 school sports participation
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing transgender student athletes to play on sports teams that match their gender identity, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth?
Wording notes: the 'Schools banning books' item is worded so that 'support' means supporting a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovYouth medical careMar 11–15, 2022 puberty blockers for teenagers
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing parents to provide their transgender teenagers with puberty-blocking drugs, which can temporarily prevent the effects of puberty that may not align with their gender identity?
Wording notes: the 'Schools banning books' item is worded so that 'support' means supporting a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovYouth medical careMar 11–15, 2022 travel to another state for care
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing parents to transport their child to another state to receive gender-affirming medical care if doing so is illegal in their own state?
Wording notes: the 'Schools banning books' item is worded so that 'support' means supporting a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovSchool policyMar 11–15, 2022 parental notification of pronoun requests
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Requiring K-12 schools to inform parents if their child requests to go by different pronouns while at school?
Wording notes: the 'Schools banning books' item is worded so that 'support' means supporting a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovSchool policyMar 11–15, 2022 gender identity instruction
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Allowing schools to teach about gender identity in the classroom?
Wording notes: the 'Schools banning books' item is worded so that 'support' means supporting a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovBooks & mediaMar 11–15, 2022 book bans
We will now ask you to share your opinion on a number of different issues relating to transgender people in the United States. Do you support or oppose...
Schools banning books with stories about transgender youth?
Wording notes: the 'Schools banning books' item is worded so that 'support' means supporting a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
YouGovGeneral acceptanceMar 11–15, 2022 reaction if own child came out as transgender
If you had a child who told you he or she was transgender, would you be very upset, somewhat upset, not very upset, or not upset at all?
Wording notes: response scale runs only from 'upset' to 'not upset' - no positive reaction offereduses 'he or she'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very upset
- Somewhat Upset
- Not very upset
- Not upset at all
PRRINondiscriminationparaphrasedMar 2022 – Dec 31, 2022employment, housing and public accommodation nondiscrimination laws
Do you favor or oppose laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing?
Wording notes: names transgender people explicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagMar 2022 – Mar 31, 2022 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationMar 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Pooled annual AVA dataset: 20,603 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 2,381 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. An aggregation of the 2022 monthly waves rather than a single fielding; PRRI's 50-state estimates and party breaks are published off the pooled file. Note that PRRI's own methodology paragraph in this topline mistypes the fielding year as 2021; the cover page and trend labels give March 11 - December 14, 2022.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationMar 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 LGBT nondiscrimination protections
Do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing?
Wording notes: names all four groups explicitlylists three specific domains (jobs, public accommodations, housing)battery item with no standalone stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
NNNapolitan News Service (RMG Research)for Napolitan News Service Gold Circle MembersSportsFeb 24–27, 2022
whether trans women should be allowed to compete in women's sports
Should biological males who identify as women be allowed to compete in women's sports events?
Wording notes: 'biological males who identify as women' is the restrictive-side term of art and the only descriptor offeredno counter-framing or competing consideration offeredyes/no rather than a scaled item, which suppresses intensity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careFeb 18–19, 2022 access to gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender minors with doctor and parent support
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?: Transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming hormone therapy if it's recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents.
Wording notes: conditions access on BOTH doctor recommendation AND parental support, which is a substantially more permissive test than an unqualified access itemsponsored by an LGBTQ youth suicide-prevention organization
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Don't know/ No opinion
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careFeb 18–19, 2022 access to puberty blockers for transgender minors with doctor and parent support
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?: Transgender minors should have access to puberty blockers if it's recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents.
Wording notes: conditions access on both doctor recommendation and parental support'puberty blockers' named without explanation of the treatment
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Don't know/ No opinion
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careFeb 18–19, 2022 whether lawmakers should be able to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors against medical advice
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?: Lawmakers should have the ability to outlaw gender-affirming medical care for minors even if such a ban is against the recommendation of doctors and major medical associations
Wording notes: the 'even if such a ban is against the recommendation of doctors and major medical associations' clause supplies a counter-argument inside the stem22 percent selected don't know/no opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Don't know/ No opinion
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectSchool policyFeb 18–19, 2022 banning classroom discussion of LGBTQ topics including gender identity
Do you support or oppose each of the following?
Do you support or oppose each of the following?: Banning classroom discussions about LGBTQ topics, including sexual orientation and gender identity, in school.
Wording notes: explicitly names gender identity inside an otherwise aggregate LGBTQ itemthe restriction is the proposition, so 'oppose' is the affirming answer
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Don't know/ No opinion
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose