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PRRIIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021whether 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 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 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
42%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
23%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
17%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
17%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- 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
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagJan 2021 – Jan 31, 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
Williams Institute (UCLA)Contact & populationJan 2021 – Dec 31, 2023estimated share and number of adults and youth who identify as transgender
Do you consider yourself to be transgender?
Base: Pooled 2021-2023 BRFSS across the 41 states that used the optional gender identity module in at least one of those years, plus the 2021 and 2023 YRBS. Pooled respondent counts were not printed in the sections retrieved.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationDec 2020 – May 3, 2021GSS variable SEXNOW1 - self-described current sex/gender; transgender self-identification prevalence
Do you describe yourself as male, female, or transgender?
Wording notes: 'transgender' offered as a mutually exclusive alternative to male/femaleasked of all respondents beginning with the 2020 GSS
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- None of these
Ipsosfor The Policy Institute, King's College LondonGeneral acceptancedata flagNov 25, 2020 – Dec 2, 2020whether transgender rights in the UK have gone too far, not far enough, or as far as they should
Which of the following statements best matches your view?
Transgender rights have not gone far enough in the UK
31%
Transgender rights have gone as far as they should go in the UK
31%
Transgender rights have gone too far in the UK
17%
Don't know/prefer not to say
21%
- Sample
- 2,834 adults aged 16 and over · not disclosed
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- UK national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 24 subgroup figures
Wording notes: 'gone too far' / 'not gone far enough' symmetric three-way framethe stem itself carries no content; all substance is in the response options
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender rights have not gone far enough in the UK
- Transgender rights have gone as far as they should go in the UK
- Transgender rights have gone too far in the UK
- Don't know/prefer not to say
ANANESMilitary serviceNov 8, 2020 – Jan 4, 2021
ANES variable V202388 (TRANSMIL_ALLOWMIL) - allowing transgender people to serve in the armed forces
Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose allowing transgender people to serve in the United States Armed Forces?
Base: 7,453 post-election re-interviews of pre-election respondents, plus 1,164 post-election-only interviews with 2020 GSS participants
Wording notes: explicit 'neither favor nor oppose' middle category offered on the face of the question, which absorbs a large share of responses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor
- Oppose
- Neither favor nor oppose
The Trevor ProjectPronouns & languagedata flagOct 12, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020how many household members respect the respondent's pronouns
SUPPORTING TRANSGENDER & NONBINARY YOUTH
If you live with other people, how many of them respect your pronouns?
Base: 38% of the sample was transgender or nonbinary; 45% were LGBTQ youth of color. 82,147 youth consented; screening, race/ethnicity quotas, a mid-survey validity check and consistency screening reduced this to the final analytic sample.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- All of the people
- Some of the people
- None of the people
The Trevor ProjectLegal documents & IDsparaphraseddata flagOct 12, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020 ability to change legal documents such as driver's licenses and birth certificates
SUPPORTING TRANSGENDER & NONBINARY YOUTH
Transgender & nonbinary youth who wanted to change their legal documents, such as driver's licenses and birth certificates: [Changed legal documents / Planning to change legal documents / Not legally able to change legal documents]
Base: 38% of the sample was transgender or nonbinary; 45% were LGBTQ youth of color. 82,147 youth consented; screening, race/ethnicity quotas, a mid-survey validity check and consistency screening reduced this to the final analytic sample.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Changed legal documents
- Planning to change legal documents
- Not legally able to change legal documents
The Trevor ProjectYouth medical careparaphraseddata flagOct 12, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020 exposure to conversion therapy, by gender identity
CONVERSION THERAPY
LGBTQ youth who reported being subjected to conversion therapy
Base: 38% of the sample was transgender or nonbinary; 45% were LGBTQ youth of color. 82,147 youth consented; screening, race/ethnicity quotas, a mid-survey validity check and consistency screening reduced this to the final analytic sample.
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Military serviceSep 29, 2020 – Dec 14, 2020
CES variable CC20_355d - ban transgender people in the military (pre-election wave)
For each of the following tell us whether you support or oppose these decisions.
Ban Transgender People in the Military
Base: Pre-election wave 29 Sep - 2 Nov 2020; post-election wave 8 Nov - 14 Dec 2020. CC20_355d was on the pre-election wave.
Wording notes: bare policy labelno middle or don't-know optionembedded in an executive-orders battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Contact & populationSep 29, 2020 – Dec 14, 2020
CES demographic variable measuring transgender status of the respondent
Have you ever undergone any part of a process (including any thought or action) to change your gender / perceived gender from the one you were assigned at birth? This may include steps such as changing the type of clothes you wear, name you are known by or undergoing surgery.
Base: Pre-election wave 29 Sep - 2 Nov 2020; post-election wave 8 Nov - 14 Dec 2020. CC20_355d was on the pre-election wave.
Wording notes: extremely broad wording ('any thought or action')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Lifeway Researchfor Lifeway Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)General acceptanceparaphrasedSep 2, 2020 – Oct 2020pastors on the morality of identifying with a gender different from birth sex
It is morally wrong for an individual to identify with a gender different from the biological sex they were born with. [Strongly agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly disagree / It's not a moral issue]
Base: 502 completed by telephone and 505 online.
Wording notes: morality framingrestrictive direction onlyoffers a 'not a moral issue' escape option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- It's not a moral issue
Lifeway Researchfor Lifeway Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)Adult medical careparaphrasedSep 2, 2020 – Oct 2020 pastors on the morality of medical gender transition
It is morally wrong for an individual to physically change their gender through surgery or hormones. [Strongly agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly disagree / It's not a moral issue]
Base: 502 completed by telephone and 505 online.
Wording notes: morality framingrestrictive direction onlyoffers a 'not a moral issue' escape option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- It's not a moral issue
Lifeway Researchfor Lifeway Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)Contact & populationparaphrasedSep 2, 2020 – Oct 2020 pastors who personally know a transgender person
Do you know someone who is transgender? [Yes / No / Not that I know of]
Base: 502 completed by telephone and 505 online.
Wording notes: three-way response set separates a firm 'no' from 'not that I know of'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagSep 2020 – Sep 30, 2020 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: No per-wave n or MOE published.
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
ANANESBathrooms & facilitiesAug 18, 2020 – Nov 2, 2020
ANES variable V201409 (TRANSPOLICY_RESTRM) - transgender bathroom policy, forced choice
Should transgender people -- that is, people who identify themselves as the sex or gender different from the one they were born as -- have to use the bathrooms of the gender they were born as, or should they be allowed to use the bathrooms of their identified gender?
Be allowed to use the bathrooms of their identified gender
53.2%
Have to use the bathrooms of the gender they were born as
46.8%
- Sample
- 8,280 adult citizens
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 8,280 pre-election interviews across five sample groups (fresh ABS web, fresh ABS web/phone, fresh ABS video/web/phone, 2016 ANES panel, and 2020 GSS re-interviews)
Wording notes: defines 'transgender people' inside the question stemno explicit middle/no-opinion option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Have to use the bathrooms of the gender they were born as
- Be allowed to use the bathrooms of their identified gender
ANANESBathrooms & facilitiesAug 18, 2020 – Nov 2, 2020
ANES summary variable V201411x - transgender bathroom policy folded with strength (6-point)
IF R OPINION ON TRANSGENDER USE OF RESTROOMS OF IDENTIFIED GENDER IS NOT DK/RF:
How strongly do you feel that way? [Very strongly, moderately, or a little / A little, moderately, or very strongly]?
Feels very strongly transgender people should use bathroom of birth gender
30.1%
Feels very strongly transgender people be allowed to use bathroom of identified gender
22.3%
Feels moderately strongly transgender people be allowed to use bathroom of identified gender
20.5%
Feels moderately strongly transgender people should use bathroom of birth gender
11.3%
Feels a little strongly transgender people be allowed to use bathroom of identified gender
10.4%
Feels a little strongly transgender people should use bathroom of birth gender
5.4%
- Sample
- 8,280 adult citizens
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 8,280 pre-election interviews across five sample groups (fresh ABS web, fresh ABS web/phone, fresh ABS video/web/phone, 2016 ANES panel, and 2020 GSS re-interviews)
Wording notes: branching strength follow-up folded into a 6-point scale with no midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very strongly
- Moderately
- A little
YouGovfor Equality AustraliaNondiscriminationparaphrasedJul 2020equal rights and protections for trans people
Trans people deserve the same rights and protections as other Australians.
Base: representative sample of Australians aged 18 years and over
Wording notes: equal-treatment framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
YouGovfor Equality AustraliaReligious exemptionsparaphrasedJul 2020 religious schools firing or expelling people for being transgender
Religious schools should not be able to fire someone or expel a student for being transgender.
Base: representative sample of Australians aged 18 years and over
Wording notes: negatively-worded statement ('should not be able to')asked in the context of the then-live Religious Discrimination Bill debate
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
YouGovfor Equality AustraliaYouth medical careparaphrasedJul 2020 young people's access to gender-affirming healthcare
Young people should be able to access healthcare that supports them to live as their true selves.
Base: representative sample of Australians aged 18 years and over
Wording notes: 'live as their true selves' is advocacy framingdoes not name puberty blockers, hormones or surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
IpsosGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedJun 26–29, 2020 perceived discrimination against transgender people in Britain
How much discrimination, if any, do you think transgender people face in Britain?
Base: British adults aged 18-75
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal
- A fair amount
- Not very much
- None at all
IpsosIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJun 26–29, 2020 whether gender identity must be linked to biological sex
Which of these comes closest to your view: gender identity does not have to be directly linked to biological sex, or gender and biological sex are always linked?
Base: British adults aged 18-75
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Gender identity doesn't have to be directly linked to biological sex
- Gender and biological sex are always linked
- Don't know
IpsosGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedJun 26–29, 2020 whether transgender rights have gone too far
Do you think transgender rights in Britain have gone too far, not gone far enough, or gone as far as they should?
Base: British adults aged 18-75
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Gone too far
- Gone as far as they should
- Not gone far enough
- Don't know
IpsosBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedJun 26–29, 2020 public facilities matching gender identity
To what extent do you support or oppose the rights of transgender people to use public facilities that match their gender identity (e.g. toilets or changing rooms)?
Base: British adults aged 18-75
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Neither
- Oppose
- Don't know
IpsosFeeling thermometersparaphrasedJun 26–29, 2020 comfort with transgender people in various roles
How comfortable or uncomfortable would you feel if... a close friend or relative was transgender / your GP was transgender / a future Prime Minister was transgender?
Comfortable - close friend or relative was transgender
56%
Comfortable - GP was transgender
51%
Comfortable - future Prime Minister was transgender
47%
Uncomfortable - GP was transgender
22%
Uncomfortable - future Prime Minister was transgender
21%
Uncomfortable - close friend or relative was transgender
18%
- Sample
- 1,078 adults
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- UK national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 4 subgroup figures
Base: British adults aged 18-75
Wording notes: social-distance battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Comfortable
- Neither
- Uncomfortable
- Don't know
YouGovIdentity beliefsJun 22–23, 2020 whether a trans woman is a woman
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? A transgender woman is a woman
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Wording notes: preamble defines trans people in terms of birth sex
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovIdentity beliefsJun 22–23, 2020 whether a trans man is a man
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? A transgender man is a man
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Wording notes: preamble defines trans people in terms of birth sex
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovLegal documents & IDsJun 22–23, 2020 making the Gender Recognition Certificate process easier
Currently transgender people who wish to change their legal gender on official documents (e.g. birth certificate, passport) have to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate. This requires someone to have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a doctor, provide evidence they have lived in their new gender for at least two years, and make a declaration they intend to live in their new gender for the rest of their life. The application is then approved or rejected by a panel of legal and medical professionals.
In principle, do you think it should or should not be made easier for transgender people to change their legal gender?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Wording notes: long preamble enumerating each existing safeguard before asking about relaxation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be made easier
- Should not be made easier
- Don't know
YouGovLegal documents & IDsJun 22–23, 2020 doctor approval requirement for legal gender change
Do you think a person should or should not have to obtain a doctor's approval to change their legal gender?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should have to obtain a doctor's approval
- Should not have to obtain a doctor's approval
- Don't know
YouGovSportsJun 22–23, 2020 trans women in women's sporting events
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Take part in women's sporting events?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesJun 22–23, 2020 trans women using women's changing rooms
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Use women's changing rooms?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesJun 22–23, 2020 trans women using women's toilets
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Use women's toilets?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovPrisons & sheltersJun 22–23, 2020 trans women using women's refuges
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Use women's refuges for victims of rape or assault (if they are a victim themselves)?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Wording notes: conditions the item on the trans woman being a victim herself
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovSportsJun 22–23, 2020 trans men in men's sporting events
In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.
Do you think transgender men should or should not be allowed to... Take part in men's sporting events?
Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=572, Lab 419, Lib Dem 152).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
Morning Consultfor POLITICONondiscriminationJun 19–21, 2020support for the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling on workplace discrimination
As you may know, this week the Supreme Court made several rulings. Do you support or oppose each of the Supreme Court's recent rulings?
As you may know, this week the Supreme Court made several rulings. Do you support or oppose each of the Supreme Court's recent rulings? The Supreme Court banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Wording notes: bundles sexual orientation with gender identity, so trans-specific support cannot be isolateddescribes the holding as 'banning workplace discrimination', a formulation few respondents would rejectattributing the policy to the Supreme Court adds an institutional-legitimacy cue
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceJun 2020perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people in the U.S.
In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...
Wording notes: battery item - 'Transgender people' is one of ten groups rated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot of discrimination
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceJun 2020 which group faces the most discrimination - transgender people
In your opinion, which of the following groups faces the MOST discrimination in the United States today? [RANDOMIZE 1-10]
Wording notes: single-choice forced ranking across ten groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- African Americans
- Transgender people
- Whites
- Christians
- Gays and Lesbians
- Muslims
- Men
- Asians
- Hispanics
- Women
CBS News/YouGovGeneral acceptanceMay 29, 2020 – Jun 2, 2020perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people
How much discrimination do you think there is against transgender people in society today?
Wording notes: asked in parallel with an identically worded item about gay, lesbian or bisexual people, enabling a direct comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Only a little
- None at all
- Unsure/No answer
CBS News/YouGovGeneral acceptanceMay 29, 2020 – Jun 2, 2020 perceived discrimination against transgender people in society today
How much discrimination do you think there is against each of these groups in society today: a lot, some, only a little, or none at all?
How much discrimination do you think there is against each of these groups in society today: a lot, some, only a little, or none at all? ... Transgender people
Wording notes: battery item - asked alongside a parallel item about gay, lesbian or bisexual people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Only a little
- None at all
- Unsure/No answer