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Morning Consultfor The Trevor ProjectParental rightsFeb 18–19, 2022parental final say over a transgender child's gender-affirming medical care
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? Parents should have the ultimate say over whether or not their transgender child receives gender-affirming medical care
Wording notes: 'ultimate say' is an absolute framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Don't know / No opinion
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
Data for ProgressGeneral acceptanceFeb 8–13, 2022whether increased visibility and rights of transgender individuals made society better or worse
When thinking about the impact of increased visibility and rights of transgender individuals over the past decade, which comes closer to your view, even if neither is completely right?
Wording notes: no explicit 'no difference' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Increased visibility and rights of transgender individuals have made society better.
- Increased visibility and rights of transgender individuals have made society worse.
- Don't know
Data for ProgressNondiscriminationFeb 8–13, 2022 government protection of trans rights vs. traditional family structures
When thinking about transgender rights, which comes closer to you view, even if neither is exactly right?
Wording notes: affirming option carries a concession clause ('even if it means changing traditional family structures')restrictive option is stated without a countervailing cost
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The government should protect the rights of transgender Americans, even if it means changing traditional family structures and social norms.
- The government should prioritize traditional family structures and social norms over the rights of transgender Americans.
- Don't know
Data for ProgressYouth medical careFeb 8–13, 2022 the 2022 wave of state bills on medical transition and sports for transgender minors
This year, dozens of states are considering legislation to prevent children who identify as transgender from pursuing medical transition or participating in competitive sports. Supporters of the legislation argue that these policies are necessary to ensure the fairness of children's sports and protect children from pursuing medical treatments they might later regret. Opponents of this legislation argue that these policies unfairly discriminate against transgender children and will increase the rates at which transgender kids experience harassment and violence.
When thinking about this proposed legislation, which statement comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right?
Wording notes: two-sided argument preamble supplieddouble-barreled: bundles medical transition bans and sports bans into a single object
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legislation preventing transgender children from pursuing medical transition and participating in sports is unfair and discriminatory towards transgender children.
- Legislation preventing transgender children from pursuing medical transition and participating in sports is necessary to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our children.
- Don't know
Data for ProgressContact & populationFeb 8–13, 2022 personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who identifies as transgender?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, I personally know someone who identifies as transgender
- No, I do not personally know anyone who identifies as transgender
- Don't know
Data for ProgressYouth medical careFeb 8–13, 2022 state bills banning youth medical transition and sports participation
This year, dozens of states are considering legislation to prevent children who identify as transgender from pursuing medical transition or participating in competitive sports. Supporters of the legislation argue... Opponents of this legislation argue...
This year, dozens of states are considering legislation to prevent children who identify as transgender from pursuing medical transition or participating in competitive sports. Supporters of the legislation argue that these policies are necessary to ensure the fairness of children's sports and protect children from pursuing medical treatments they might later regret. Opponents of this legislation argue that these policies unfairly discriminate against transgender children and will increase the rates at which transgender kids experience harassment and violence. When thinking about this proposed legislation, which statement comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right?
Wording notes: double-barreled - bundles medical transition and sports into one itemtwo-sided argument preamble
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legislation preventing transgender children from pursuing medical transition and participating in sports is unfair and discriminatory towards transgender children.
- Legislation preventing transgender children from pursuing medical transition and participating in sports is necessary to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our children.
- Don't know
UOUniversity of North Florida Public Opinion Research LabSchool policyFeb 7–20, 2022
Florida bill barring school-district encouragement of discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in K-5
Another bill before the Florida Senate would prohibit school districts from encouraging discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-5, or in a way that is age or developmentally inappropriate.
Another bill before the Florida Senate would prohibit school districts from encouraging discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-5, or in a way that is age or developmentally inappropriate. (The bill would allow parents to sue school districts if they believe a procedure of practice to be in violation of its provisions.) Do you support or oppose the passage of this bill into law?
Base: the gender-identity instruction item was a split sample: half of respondents received an additional sentence about parents being able to sue school districts. PORL combined the halves for reporting 'due to lack of significant difference in responses'.
Wording notes: describes the bill in the legislature's own terms ('encouraging discussion', 'age or developmentally inappropriate')split-sample manipulation adds the private right of action
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
- Refusal
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaJan 22–25, 2022LGBT-inclusive books in local school classrooms and libraries
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Wording notes: offers an asymmetric middle option (Yes, but fewer than there are now) with no matching Yes, but morelocalized to your local school districtbundles transgender with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but fewer than there are now
- Unsure
McLaughlin & AssociatesSportsJan 13–18, 2022allowing trans women and girls to compete in college and high school women's sports
Approve/Disapprove: Allowing biological men to compete in sports with college women and high school girls.
Wording notes: 'biological men' is the only descriptor offered for trans women and girlsapplies 'men' to high school girls' sports, a category mismatch that maximizes the perceived incongruitybundles college and high school into one itemno counter-consideration offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- DK/Refuse
GallupContact & populationJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022self-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.
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
HRHuman Rights CampaignParental rightsparaphrasedJan 2022 – Jun 30, 2022
parents' support for their trans/nonbinary child, resources used, and reported school bullying
[Verbatim item wording is not published in the report. Items covered: whether the parent was supportive of the child at each step of the child's gender journey; which resources the parent used; whether the child was bullied because of gender identity in the past year; parent anxiety and depression screening.]
Used the internet as a resource
63.5%
Child was bullied because of gender identity in the past year
55%
Sought help from a counselor or therapist
50.5%
Attended support groups
42.4%
Parent screened positive for moderate/severe anxiety
22%
Parent screened positive for severe depression
19.9%
- Sample
- 1,480 parents and caregivers of at least one transgender, non-binary, gender-expansive or otherwise non-cisgender child under 18
- Method
- nonprobability quota
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: self-selected sample of supportive parents; the population reached is unlikely to include unsupportive parents
PRRIIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022whether there are only two gender identities or a range of many
Which comes closer to your view: there are only two gender identities, man and woman, or there is a range of many possible gender identities?
Wording notes: forced binary with no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only two gender identities
- A range of many gender identities
PRRIIdentity beliefsJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 how many genders there are, and how strongly held
[FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]
When it comes to gender, do you ...
Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
44%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
22%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
18%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
13%
Skipped/Refused
3%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: four-point strength-of-belief scale, not a two-way forced choiceoption order flipped for half the sample [FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]'only two genders, man or woman' vs 'a range of many possible gender identities'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
- Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
- Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
- Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 laws 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
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 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 minor children; 'medical care for a gender transition'; BAN framing routed through parental authority; first fielding of the PRRI trend
Laws that would prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition [favor or oppose]
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)restricted party is parentsno treatment namedno age threshold beyond 'child'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Rasmussen ReportsIdentity beliefsDec 21–22, 2021belief that there are two genders
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are two genders, male and female.
Wording notes: single-statement agree/disagree format invites acquiescence biasthe statement is literally true as a description of the two most common sexes, so agreement does not imply any position on trans peopleno counter-statement offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen ReportsGeneral acceptanceDec 21–22, 2021 J.K. Rowling and 'hate speech'
Critics have recently accused "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling of engaging in "hate speech" toward transgender people for saying that there are two biologically distinct genders. Do you agree with J.K. Rowling, or is it "hate speech" to say there are only two genders?
Wording notes: asks respondents to side with a named, popular celebrity against unnamed 'critics'the two options are not parallel - one is agreement with a person, the other is a legal/moral characterization of speechRowling's actual statements are summarized in the terms most favorable to her
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- You agree with J.K. Rowling
- It is hate speech
- Not sure
Rasmussen ReportsSchool policyDec 21–22, 2021 school counseling without parental knowledge
Should schools and teachers be allowed to counsel students on their sexual and gender identities without parental knowledge or consent?
Wording notes: 'without parental knowledge or consent' is the operative clause and describes the least defensible version of any school policy'counsel' is undefined and could mean anything from a conversation to clinical counselingno age range specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKIdentity beliefsNov 17–23, 2021
whether a trans woman is a woman
To what extent do you agree with the following: A transgender woman is a woman
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence bias
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKIdentity beliefsNov 17–23, 2021
whether a trans man is a man
To what extent do you agree with the following: A transgender man is a man
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence bias
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't Know
McLaughlin & AssociatesSportsNov 12–17, 2021 trans girls competing against cisgender girls in school sports, framed as a Democratic proposal
The following are proposals made by Democrats that are opposed by Republicans.
Allowing transgender boys (who have become girls) to compete against biological girls in school sports.
Base: Sample covers likely Hispanic voters in every state except California
Wording notes: the preamble explicitly attaches a partisan owner to the policy before it is described, converting the item into a partisan cue test'transgender boys (who have become girls)' is internally incoherent - it applies the male term to trans girls and then glosses transition as having 'become' something'biological girls' as the contrast termno 'don't know' option offered in the published distribution
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Military serviceNov 3, 2021 – Dec 7, 2021
CES variable CC21_355d - allow transgender people in the military (Biden-era reversal of the item's direction)
For each of the following tell us whether you support or oppose these decisions.
Allow Transgender People in the Military
Base: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content wave
Wording notes: DIRECTION REVERSED from the 2017-2020 'Ban Transgender People in the Military' wording - do not chart these together without flipping one sidebare policy labelno middle or don't-know optionbattery now consists of Biden executive orders
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Contact & populationNov 3, 2021 – Dec 7, 2021
CES demographic variable measuring transgender status of the respondent
Do you identify as transgender?
Base: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content wave
Wording notes: new direct self-identification wording, replacing the broad 'ever undergone any part of a process' item used 2016-2020
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagNov 2021 – Nov 30, 2021 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
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policydata flagOct 16–19, 2021whether 'overly accommodating transgender policies' in public schools is a problem
Changing topics ...
Thinking about public schools, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Overly accommodating transgender policies
Wording notes: presupposes that transgender school policies could be 'overly accommodating'no counterpart item asking whether schools are insufficiently accommodatingitem embedded in a battery of school 'problems', so every item is pre-framed as a candidate problem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Major problem
- Minor problem
- Not a problem
- (Don't know)
Sacred Heart University InstituteSchool policyOct 14–27, 2021whether school districts should develop policies to accommodate transgender youth
Should school districts develop policies to accommodate the needs of transgender youth?
Base: 52 total possible questions; not all respondents answered all questions because of skip patterns
Wording notes: 'accommodate the needs of' is a sympathetic framing of the policydoes not specify what the policies would containexplicit unsure option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Sacred Heart University InstituteSportsOct 14–27, 2021 whether schools should permit transgender athletes to play on the team matching their gender identity
Do you think schools should permit transgender athletes to play on the team associated with the gender they identify with?
Base: 52 total possible questions; not all respondents answered all questions because of skip patterns
Wording notes: single-statement permit/not-permit rather than a two-sided choiceaffirming policy occupies the 'yes' sideexplicit unsure option offeredfielded while Soule v. CIAC litigation over Connecticut's transgender athlete policy was active
Response options as the pollster wrote them
HSHobby School of Public AffairsSportsparaphrasedOct 4–21, 2021
Texas HB 25 - requiring public school athletes to compete in sports associated with their biological sex
During the third special session of the Texas Legislature in 2021, House Bill 25 (HB 25) was passed, codifying existing protocols governing public high school and middle school athletics (that is University Interscholastic League, or UIL, athletics).
[Level of support for House Bill 25, legislation] which would require male Texas public high school and middle school students to compete only in sports associated with their biological sex, such that a transgender female (a biological male who identifies as female) would not be eligible to compete in athletics with biological females.
Base: includes oversamples of Black and Latino Texans
Wording notes: uses 'biological sex' and glosses transgender female as 'a biological male who identifies as female'frames the law as 'codifying existing protocols', which minimizes the change
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
The Trevor ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedSep 20, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021worry about anti-transgender state and local laws (care, sports, bathrooms)
Anti-Transgender Legislation
93% of transgender and nonbinary youth said that they have worried about transgender people being denied access to gender-affirming medical care due to state or local laws. 91% of transgender and nonbinary youth said that they have worried about transgender people being denied access to the bathroom due to state or local laws. 83% of transgender and nonbinary youth said that they have worried about transgender people being denied the ability to play sports due to state or local laws.
Base: 48% of the sample was transgender or nonbinary and 45% were LGBTQ youth of color. 114,288 individuals from unique IP addresses began the survey; screening, a mid-survey validity check, honesty checks and mischievous-responder screening produced the final analytic sample.
Wording notes: items measure worry, not policy opinionasked only of transgender and nonbinary respondents
The Trevor ProjectSurveys of trans peopleparaphrasedSep 20, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 poor mental health attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, by gender identity
56% of LGBTQ youth reported that their mental health was poor most of the time or always due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including more than 3 in 5 transgender and nonbinary youth (62%) and nearly half of cisgender youth (49%).
Base: 48% of the sample was transgender or nonbinary and 45% were LGBTQ youth of color. 114,288 individuals from unique IP addresses began the survey; screening, a mid-survey validity check, honesty checks and mischievous-responder screening produced the final analytic sample.
Rasmussen ReportsLegal documents & IDsSep 19–20, 2021 self-selected gender marker on passports
The U.S. State Department recently instituted a policy allowing Americans to select the gender they would like printed on their U.S. passport, even if it does not match the gender on supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, previous passport, or state ID. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy change?
Wording notes: accurate description of the actual State Department policy'even if it does not match...' foregrounds the documentation mismatch, which is the policy's most contested feature
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not sure
AP-NORCfor MTVNondiscriminationSep 2021 – Sep 19, 2021prohibiting workplace discrimination based on gender identity
[ITEMS RANDOMIZED]
Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following? Prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of gender identity
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 59%
- Sample
- 3,764 people age 13 to 56 (teens and adults) · +/- 3.3 percentage points for the combined sample at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (+/- 4.3 pts for the AmeriSpeak probability portion alone)
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Probability portion: 939 AmeriSpeak adults age 18-56 and 488 AmeriSpeak Teen panelists age 13-17. Nonprobability portion: 2,337 Dynata opt-in interviews (1,170 age 13-17 and 1,167 age 18-56). Teens age 13-17 included, so this is not an adults-only sample.
Wording notes: asked in a grid with defunding police, UBI, vaccine mandates, border security, and an assault-weapons ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- DK
- SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor MTVGeneral acceptanceSep 2021 – Sep 19, 2021 positive/negative view of transgender people as a group
[ITEMS RANDOMIZED]
Would you say you have a positive, negative, or neither positive nor negative view of each of the following groups? Transgender people
Very positive
23%
Somewhat positive
14%
Somewhat negative
12%
Very negative
9%
Neither positive nor negative
41%
Very/somewhat positive (NET) 38%Somewhat/very negative (NET) 21%
- Sample
- 3,764 people age 13 to 56 (teens and adults) · +/- 3.3 percentage points for the combined sample at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (+/- 4.3 pts for the AmeriSpeak probability portion alone)
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Probability portion: 939 AmeriSpeak adults age 18-56 and 488 AmeriSpeak Teen panelists age 13-17. Nonprobability portion: 2,337 Dynata opt-in interviews (1,170 age 13-17 and 1,167 age 18-56). Teens age 13-17 included, so this is not an adults-only sample.
Wording notes: asked in a randomized grid alongside feminists, Republicans, Democrats, political independents, gay or lesbian people, and vaccinated/unvaccinated people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very positive
- Somewhat positive
- Neither positive nor negative
- Somewhat negative
- Very negative
- DK
- SKP/REF
GallupIdentity beliefsSep 2021 – Sep 17, 2021 gender self-report with binary-only options (experimental version 1)
What is your gender?
Base: three randomized experimental groups of roughly 12,000 each
Wording notes: binary-only options; no nonbinary or transgender category offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Prefer not to say
Civiqsfor Daily KosMilitary serviceAug 28–31, 2021 approval of Biden repeal of the Trump-era transgender military ban
Item 14 in a battery rating specific actions taken by President Biden; adjacent items covered the bipartisan infrastructure bill (Q12), reversing Trump immigration and border policies (Q13), and the enhanced child tax credit (Q15).
Repealing the Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans serving in the U.S. military. Do you approve, disapprove, or is it something you do not care about?
Wording notes: attributes the ban to Trump, making the item partly a referendum on Trump as well as on the policyoffers an explicit not something I care about option, which lowers both approve and disapprovethe qualifier most transgender Americans reflects the ban's actual scope but softens it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Approve
- Disapprove
- Not something I care about
- Unsure
YouGovIdentity beliefsAug 25–31, 2021legal self-identification of gender
Do you think a person should or should not be able to legally self-identify as a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- They should be able to
- They should not be able to
- Don't know
YouGovIdentity beliefsAug 25–31, 2021 agreement that a transgender woman is a woman
Statement: A transgender woman is a woman
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Wording notes: bare agree/disagree with no strength scaleacquiescence-prone format
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovSportsAug 25–31, 2021 trans women in women's sporting events
Battery item: Take part in women's sporting events?
Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to...
Wording notes: asks separately about transgender women and transgender men, which most US pollsters do not doBritish-origin wording ('toilets', 'refuges') used in a US sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovSportsAug 25–31, 2021 trans men in men's sporting events
Battery item: Take part in men's sporting events?
Do you think transgender men should or should not be allowed to...
Wording notes: asks separately about transgender women and transgender men, which most US pollsters do not doBritish-origin wording ('toilets', 'refuges') used in a US sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesAug 25–31, 2021 post-surgery status and changing-room access (trans women)
Battery item: Use women's changing rooms?
Do you think a transgender woman who has not had gender reassignment surgery should or should not be allowed to...
Wording notes: introduces surgical status as a condition on facility accessterm 'gender reassignment surgery' rather than 'gender-affirming surgery'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know