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Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021transgender students on high school teams matching gender identity
Do you think transgender students should or should not be allowed to play on sports teams that match their gender identity in high school?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: asked separately for grade school, middle school, high school and college on the same sampleno third option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- They should be allowed to play
- They should not be allowed to play
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021 bills prohibiting transgender student athletes from teams matching gender identity
Several state legislatures have proposed bills affecting the transgender community.
Several state legislatures have proposed bills affecting the transgender community. Do you support or oppose a bill that prohibits transgender student athletes from joining sports teams that match their gender identity?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: preamble frames the policy as one of a wave of 'bills affecting the transgender community', which cues a civil-liberties rather than a fairness-in-sport readingparty differences almost vanish on this item (Dem 25, Rep 29, Ind 28 support) even though the same sample splits 75/17 by party on the directly worded sports item - strong evidence the preamble, not the policy, is driving the response
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 transgender students on teams matching gender identity, by level of schooling
Do you think transgender students should or should not be allowed to play on sports teams that match their gender identity in grade school? [asked separately for middle school, high school and college]
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: four-level series on one sample producing a remarkably flat gradient (47-50% allow across all levels)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourNondiscriminationparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 support for the 2021 Equality Act
Do you support or oppose the 2021 Equality Act?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: names a bill by title; support for named bills is sensitive to whether the contents are described
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourYouth medical careparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 state laws prohibiting or criminalizing gender transition medical care for minors
Several state legislatures have proposed bills affecting the transgender community.
Do you support or oppose a bill that prohibits gender transition-related medical care for minors? [and, separately, a bill that makes it a crime to provide such care]
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: shares the 'bills affecting the transgender community' preamble with the sports-ban item, so the same framing caveat applies
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021 trans students on teams matching gender identity, asked separately by school level
Should transgender students be allowed to play on sports teams that match their gender identity?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: repeated across four school levels, allowing an age-graded reading
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Unsure
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 state bills banning trans students from teams matching gender identity
Do you favor or oppose a law in your state that would prohibit transgender students from playing on the sports team that matches their gender identity?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: asks about a state bill rather than about the underlying behaviour, producing markedly lower support than the direct participation items in the same poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourYouth medical careparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 state laws banning gender-transition medical care for minors
Do you favor or oppose a law in your state that would ban gender-transition-related medical care for people under the age of 18?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourYouth medical careparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 criminalizing providers of gender-transition care for minors
Do you favor or oppose a law in your state that would make it a crime for a health care provider to give gender-transition-related medical care to someone under the age of 18?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: 'crime' framing produces lower support than the plain 'ban' framing in the same poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourContact & populationparaphrasedApr 7–13, 2021 knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know someone who is transgender?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: independents report the highest contact rate (61%), higher than either party - an unusual pattern worth checking against the topline
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourNondiscriminationApr 7–13, 2021 2021 Equality Act
Existing civil rights laws currently protect people from discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodation based on race, sex, religion, and other characteristics. The 2021 Equality Act would add sexual orientation and gender identity to these laws. Do you support or oppose the 2021 Equality Act?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: carries a two-sentence explanatory preamble describing current lawdescribes the Act's effect before asking for an opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021 state bill barring trans student athletes
Several state legislatures have proposed bills affecting the transgender community.
Do you support or oppose a bill that prohibits transgender student athletes from joining sports teams that match their gender identity?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: shared preamble naming state legislaturesrestrictive policy is the 'support' pole
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourYouth medical careApr 7–13, 2021 state bill prohibiting gender transition-related medical care for minors
Several state legislatures have proposed bills affecting the transgender community.
Do you support or oppose a bill that prohibits gender transition-related medical care for minors?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: shared preamble naming state legislaturesrestrictive policy is the 'support' pole
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourYouth medical careApr 7–13, 2021 state bill criminalizing provision of gender transition-related medical care to minors
Several state legislatures have proposed bills affecting the transgender community.
Do you support or oppose a bill that criminalizes providing gender transition-related medical care for minors?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: shared preamble naming state legislatures'criminalizes' names the sanction explicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021 trans students on teams matching gender identity - grade school
Do you think transgender students should or should not be allowed to play on sports teams that match their gender identity in grade school?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: asked separately for four school levels
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should
- Should not
- Vol: Unsure
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021 trans students on teams matching gender identity - middle school
Do you think transgender students should or should not be allowed to play on sports teams that match their gender identity in middle school?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: asked separately for four school levels
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should
- Should not
- Vol: Unsure
Marist Pollfor NPR/PBS NewsHourSportsApr 7–13, 2021 trans students on teams matching gender identity - college
Do you think transgender students should or should not be allowed to play on sports teams that match their gender identity in college?
Base: 1,066 registered voters, MoE +/- 3.5 percentage points
Wording notes: asked separately for four school levels
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should
- Should not
- Vol: Unsure
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignSportsparaphrasedMar 12–15, 2021
unprimed forced choice on trans youth sports participation
Initially, voters lean toward transgender youth being able to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity - 38% say this, versus 34% who say these youth should have to participate in sports consistent with the gender they were assigned at birth; 28% do not have an opinion.
Participate consistent with their gender identity
38%
Participate consistent with the gender they were assigned at birth
34%
No opinion
28%
- Sample
- 1,005 registered voters · credibility interval of +/-3.1% for the full sample, with higher tolerances for subgroups
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: voters who have heard in their own communities about transgender youth wanting to participate in sports make up 20% of the sample and are reported as a subgroup
Wording notes: explicitly offers a no-opinion option, which nearly three in ten voters take
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Participate in sports consistent with their gender identity
- Participate in sports consistent with the gender they were assigned at birth
- No opinion
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignSportsMar 12–15, 2021
primed agree/disagree item on trans youth sports participation
respondents read that 'local schools, state athletic associations, and the NCAA have already implemented policies that ensure a level playing field for all students while also protecting transgender youth.'
Sports are important in young people's lives. Young transgender people should be allowed opportunities to participate in a way that is safe and comfortable for them.
Base: voters who have heard in their own communities about transgender youth wanting to participate in sports make up 20% of the sample and are reported as a subgroup
Wording notes: preceded by a persuasive preamble asserting that a level playing field is already ensuredthe statement opens with a consensus premise ('Sports are important in young people's lives') before the contested claim'in a way that is safe and comfortable for them' avoids specifying which team, which is the actual point of dispute
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignYouth medical careMar 12–15, 2021
puberty-delaying medication for transgender youth with doctor advice and parental consent
there is a clear sense among the voting public that:
Transgender youth should be able to access medication that delays puberty if they have advice from their doctors and consent from their parents to do so
Base: voters who have heard in their own communities about transgender youth wanting to participate in sports make up 20% of the sample and are reported as a subgroup
Wording notes: both a physician recommendation and parental consent are written into the item, which are the two conditions that most raise supportsays 'medication that delays puberty' rather than 'puberty blockers'
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignGeneral acceptanceMar 12–15, 2021
trans people living openly according to gender identity, and equal access to medical care
there is a clear sense among the voting public that:
Transgender people should be able to live freely and openly according to their gender identity / Transgender people should have equal access to medical care as other Americans
Agree - transgender people should have equal access to medical care as other Americans
92%
Agree - transgender people should be able to live freely and openly according to their gender identity
85%
- Sample
- 1,005 registered voters · credibility interval of +/-3.1% for the full sample, with higher tolerances for subgroups
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: voters who have heard in their own communities about transgender youth wanting to participate in sports make up 20% of the sample and are reported as a subgroup
Wording notes: 'equal access to medical care as other Americans' does not name transition-related care
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedMar 12–15, 2021
perceived level of discrimination against transgender people
Sixty-three percent (63%) recognize that transgender people face a lot or a fair amount of discrimination in the United States today - appreciably higher than the proportion who say this of women, LGB people, Black people, or Christians.
Transgender people face a lot or a fair amount of discrimination
63%
- Sample
- 1,005 registered voters · credibility interval of +/-3.1% for the full sample, with higher tolerances for subgroups
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: voters who have heard in their own communities about transgender youth wanting to participate in sports make up 20% of the sample and are reported as a subgroup
Wording notes: asked comparatively across several groups including Christians, which is unusual and useful for benchmarking
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- A fair amount
- Only a little
- None at all
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignSportsMar 12–15, 2021
post-information agree/disagree statement on trans youth in sports
[Respondents first read that] "local schools, state athletic associations, and the NCAA have already implemented policies that ensure a level playing field for all students while also protecting transgender youth."
Sports are important in young people's lives. Young transgender people should be allowed opportunities to participate in a way that is safe and comfortable for them.
Wording notes: preceded by a one-sided reassurance about existing safeguardsstatement is written to be agreeable ('safe and comfortable')measures response to a message, not baseline opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
Morning Consultfor POLITICOSportsMar 6–8, 2021banning transgender athletes from women's school and college sports in Mississippi
As you may know, Mississippi is moving towards banning transgender athletes from participating on women's sports teams at the state's high schools and universities.
As you may know, Mississippi is moving towards banning transgender athletes from participating on women's sports teams at the state's high schools and universities. Based on what you know, do you support or oppose banning transgender athletes from competing on women's sports teams?
Wording notes: asks about support for the ban rather than for participation, so support means restrictionthe preamble presents the ban as already in motion, an implicit bandwagon cue'Based on what you know' invites an answer from low information rather than offering an explicit no-opinion out firstnational sample asked about one specific state's legislation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
MCMorning Consult/Politicofor PoliticoSportsMar 6–8, 2021
banning transgender athletes from women's sports teams in Mississippi
As you may know, Mississippi is moving towards banning transgender athletes from participating on women's sports teams at the state's high schools and universities.
As you may know, Mississippi is moving towards banning transgender athletes from participating on women's sports teams at the state's high schools and universities. Based on what you know do you support or oppose banning transgender athletes from competing on women's sports teams?
Wording notes: 'As you may know' preamble asserts the policy is already moving forward, which can create a bandwagon cuerestricted to women's teams onlynational sample asked about one state's bill
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/Somewhat support
- Somewhat/Strongly oppose
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignNondiscriminationparaphrasedMar 2021 – Mar 15, 2021
the Equality Act described by its provisions
Would you support or oppose amending federal civil rights law to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity under the Equality Act?
Wording notes: advocacy-sponsoreddescribes the bill's benefits at length before asking, which measurably raises support relative to bill-name-only items such as Marist's 63%
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignPolitical salienceparaphrasedMar 2021 – Mar 15, 2021
favorability toward a representative who votes for the Equality Act
Would you feel more favorable or less favorable toward your representative in Congress if they voted for the Equality Act?
Wording notes: advocacy-sponsored vote-effect framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More favorable
- Less favorable
- No difference
HRHart Research Associatesfor Human Rights CampaignNondiscriminationMar 2021 – Mar 15, 2021
federal Equality Act after an informative description
The Equality Act would add to existing laws that currently protect people based on race, sex, religion, and other characteristics to include sexual orientation and gender identity. This law would ensure that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination in key areas of life, including employment, housing, credit, education, and jury service. And it would also add protections based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity to use of public spaces and services and federally funded programs. The Equality Act would update current laws to prevent services that are open to the public, such as retail stores, banks, legal services, and transportation services, from refusing service for LGBTQ people. It prevents businesses from using religious objections as a basis for refusing service to LGBTQ people.
Wording notes: three-paragraph one-sided description read before the questionno counter-argument or cost/objection presentedsponsored by an advocacy organization that supports the bill
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagMar 2021 – Mar 31, 2021LGBT 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
Rasmussen ReportsSportsFeb 24–25, 2021trans students on teams matching gender identity
Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender students to participate on the sports teams of the gender they identify with?
Wording notes: the 2019 trailing clause about 'biological males' playing 'girls' sports' has been removed, making this the clean version of the same item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Data for ProgressNondiscriminationparaphrasedFeb 23–25, 2021federal legislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Would you support or oppose legislation to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity?
Wording notes: describes the bill by its function rather than by name - a middle position between Marist's name-only item (63%) and HRC/Hart's full-provisions description (70%)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBooks & mediaFeb 23–25, 2021Amazon removal of a book critical of the trans movement
Amazon recently pulled off its store a book challenging some of the assumptions of the transgender movement. Do you think Amazon should be taking such books out of its online store or should be allowing the book to be sold on its platform?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,778. Topline header contains a typo reading 'February 23-35, 2021'; the per-table fielding line reads February 23 - 25, 2021.
Wording notes: describes the book only as 'challenging some of the assumptions of the transgender movement' - the book (Ryan T. Anderson, 'When Harry Became Sally') is not namedno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Amazon should take such books out
- Amazon should allow such books
IpsosContact & populationFeb 22–23, 2021share of adults describing themselves as transgender, by generation
How do you currently describe yourself?
Base: Generational bases: Gen Z N=104 (small - interpret with caution), Millennials N=268, Gen X N=287, Boomers+ N=346. Results are reported by generation only; no party breaks are published.
Wording notes: the response set treats 'Transgender' as an alternative to 'Male' and 'Female' rather than as a modifier, so a trans man who describes himself simply as male is counted in the Male column - this design structurally undercounts trans respondentssingle-select, so respondents cannot indicate both'In another way' is offered but drew 0-1%very small Gen Z base (N=104)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- In another way
- Prefer not to say
Rasmussen Reportsfor Deseret NewsSportsparaphraseddata flagFeb 10–16, 2021 transgender girls and women in high school and college women's sports
Should transgender girls and women be allowed to compete in high school and college women's sports?
Wording notes: wording not published by the pollster
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, should be allowed
- No, should not be allowed
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Deseret NewsSportsparaphraseddata flagFeb 10–16, 2021 who should decide transgender sports participation rules
Who should decide the rules for transgender participation in girls and women's sports?
Wording notes: wording not published by the pollsterresponse list as reported may be incomplete
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Athletic associations
- Medical experts
- Government officials
PRRIGeneral acceptanceJan 15–18, 2021 perceived discrimination against transgender people, asked within a multi-group battery
Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against any of the following groups, or not?
Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against any of the following groups, or not?
Yes, there is a lot of discrimination (transgender people)
73%
A lot of discrimination - Muslims
73%
A lot of discrimination - Black people
70%
A lot of discrimination - lesbian and gay people
67%
A lot of discrimination - Hispanic people
63%
A lot of discrimination - women
57%
A lot of discrimination - Jews
56%
A lot of discrimination - Asian people
53%
A lot of discrimination - Christians
36%
A lot of discrimination - white people
32%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: transgender people are rated alongside nine other groups, so the item measures relative as well as absolute perceived discriminationbinary 'a lot / not a lot' rather than a graded scale
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, there is a lot of discrimination
- No, not a lot of discrimination
GLAADfor GLAADIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJan 2021 – Jan 31, 2021disagreement that there are only two genders
There are only two genders.
Base: toplines reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: only the disagree net is published
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedJan 2021 – Jan 31, 2021 expectation that nonbinary and transgender people will become a familiar part of life
Nonbinary and transgender people will become a more familiar part of life just as gays and lesbians have.
Base: toplines reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: the analogy to gay and lesbian acceptance is built into the item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
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
Ipsosfor John S. and James L. Knight FoundationOtherJan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 whether hate speech attacking people on the basis of gender identity (among other characteristics) should be protected by the First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech - which attacks people based on their race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation - is legally protected free speech.
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech - which attacks people based on their race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation - is legally protected free speech. Do you think hate speech is a form of expression that should or should not be protected by the First Amendment?
No, should not be protected
47%
Yes, should be protected
42%
Skipped
12%
- Sample
- 1,023 18- to 24-year-olds who are current college students or enrolled in some post-high-school education
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Exact 2021 field dates were not stated in the 2024 report used as the source for these trend figures.
Wording notes: gender identity appears only inside the definition of hate speechstem asserts the Supreme Court's holding before asking the opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, should be protected
- No, should not be protected
- Skipped