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GallupContact & populationJan 2020 – Dec 31, 2020self-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: 692 LGBT adults, MOE ±5 percentage points
Wording notes: mixes sexual orientation and gender identity in one select-all list, so a trans respondent must choose 'transgender' alongside or instead of an orientationasked as a demographic item at the end of Gallup telephone surveysno nonbinary option in this wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Straight or heterosexual
- Lesbian
- Gay
- Bisexual
- Transgender
- Other
- No opinion / refused
The Trevor ProjectSurveys of trans peopleparaphrasedDec 2, 2019 – Mar 31, 2020suicide consideration and anxiety symptoms by gender identity
40% of LGBTQ respondents seriously considered attempting suicide in the past twelve months, with more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth having seriously considered suicide. 68% of LGBTQ youth reported symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in the past two weeks, including more than 3 in 4 transgender and nonbinary youth.
Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in the past two weeks
68%
Engaged in self-harm in the past 12 months
48%
Seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months
40%
- Sample
- 40,001 LGBTQ young people ages 13-24 - nonprobability social-media-recruited sample, NOT a poll of the general public · not applicable - nonprobability sample
- Method
- nonprobability quota
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: 60,795 youth from unique IP addresses consented; 210 lived outside the U.S., 551 were outside the 13-24 range, 6,412 did not meet targeted-recruitment demographic characteristics, 13,343 did not reach the survey midpoint, 205 were not LGBTQ and 73 were mischievous responders, leaving 40,001.
Wording notes: the trans/nonbinary figures are reported only as fractions ('more than half', 'more than 3 in 4') in the introduction
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Military serviceNov 6, 2019 – Dec 8, 2019
CCES variable CC19_332e - ban transgender people in the military
For each of the following tell us whether you support or oppose these decisions.
Ban Transgender People in the Military
Base: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content 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 & populationNov 6, 2019 – Dec 8, 2019
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: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content wave
Wording notes: extremely broad wording ('any thought or action')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GLAADfor GLAADMilitary serviceNov 2019 – Dec 31, 2019belief about whether banning trans military service is currently legal, and whether it should be illegal
% of Americans who feel the situation is currently illegal under federal law in the U.S. / % of non-LGBTQ Americans who believe the situation should be illegal under federal law in U.S.
Ban physically qualified transgender people from serving in the U.S. military
Base: results are reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: the qualifier 'physically qualified' is built into the item and pre-empts the fitness-for-duty objectionasks about legality rather than personal support, so it is a knowledge item as well as an attitude item
GLAADfor GLAADBathrooms & facilitiesNov 2019 – Dec 31, 2019 belief about whether denying restroom access matching gender identity is currently legal, and whether it should be illegal
% of Americans who feel the situation is currently illegal under federal law in the U.S. / % of non-LGBTQ Americans who believe the situation should be illegal under federal law in U.S.
Deny transgender people the right to use the restroom that aligns with their gender identity
Base: results are reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: frames restroom access as 'the right to use the restroom that aligns with their gender identity'
GLAADfor GLAADIdentity beliefsparaphrasedNov 2019 – Dec 31, 2019 prior-year (2020 column) values for the 'only two genders' and 'trans/nonbinary will become familiar' items
There are only two genders. / Nonbinary and transgender people will become a more familiar part of life just as gays and lesbians have.
Base: results are reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: only the disagree net was published for the 'two genders' item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
Rasmussen ReportsSportsOct 31, 2019 – Nov 2, 2019trans 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, letting biological males, for example, play girls' sports?
Wording notes: the stem appends an interpretive clause - 'letting biological males, for example, play girls' sports' - which recharacterizes the policy before the respondent answers'biological males' used to denote trans girls
Response options as the pollster wrote them
IpsosIdentity beliefsOct 17–18, 2019men's reactions to the public conversation about non-binary gender - threat, exclusion, anger, learning
There is a national discussion going on about whether there are not just two genders (male and female) but if there are a spectrum of genders in between.
There is a national discussion going on about whether there are not just two genders (male and female) but if there are a spectrum of genders in between. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements regarding this conversation?
- Sample
- asked of a subset: Men - Hearing the conversation usually makes me annoyed or angry, Men - I feel excluded from that conversation, Men - I feel included in that conversation, Men - I feel like my values are being threatenedfull poll: 1,005 men (adult men 18+); the trans-relevant battery was asked only of male respondents · Credibility interval of +/- 3.5 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 5.0 points (n=1,005, DEFF=1.5). Ipsos does not publish a separate interval for the male subsample; at N=414 it would be materially wider.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 18 subgroup figures
Base: Full poll N=1,005 adults 18+; the 'spectrum of genders' battery recorded here was asked only of male respondents (N=414). All percentages below are among men.
Wording notes: asked only of men - the design deliberately isolates male reaction rather than reporting a gender crosstabthe preamble presents the existence of the debate as fact without taking a side, but framing it as a 'national discussion' about 'whether' there are more than two genders does put the question of trans and non-binary existence up for public adjudicationthe nine sub-items are asymmetric in valence: five are negative (attacked, annoyed/angry, values threatened, excluded, rights taken away, against religious beliefs), two positive (learned a lot, feel included), one neutral-positive (men have an important role)no 'don't know' offered; large 'neither agree nor disagree' shares (21-43%)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
YouGovfor The EconomistGeneral acceptanceOct 6–8, 2019perceived level of discrimination faced by transgender people
Level of discrimination -- Transgender people
How much discrimination do the following people face in America today?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: battery item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal
- A fair amount
- Not much
- None at all
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceOct 6–8, 2019 allowing transgender people to serve in the military
Do you support or oppose allowing transgender people to serve in the military?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: drops 'openly' relative to the 2017-2018 version, so it is a different item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor The EconomistNondiscriminationOct 6–8, 2019 federal employment nondiscrimination law
Do you support or oppose a law that would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: bundles sexual orientation and gender identity in one item, so it does not isolate transgender protectionsfielded the week the Supreme Court heard Harris Funeral Homes / Bostock
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor The EconomistBathrooms & facilitiesOct 6–8, 2019 which bathroom transgender people should use
Do you think transgender people should use the bathrooms that correspond with their birth gender or with their current gender identity?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender' here; later fieldings of the same tracker say 'assigned sex at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Birth gender
- Current gender identity
- Not sure
YouGovfor The EconomistBathrooms & facilitiesOct 6–8, 2019 personal discomfort seeing a transgender man in a men's restroom
Asked of half of respondents
Would it make you feel uncomfortable if you saw someone who identifies as male, but you know was born female, enter and use the men's restroom?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: split-half pair with the trans-woman version (Q36)describes the person as 'someone who identifies as male, but you know was born female' rather than as a transgender manmeasures personal discomfort rather than policy preference
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, I would feel uncomfortable
- No, it would not matter
- Prefer not to say
YouGovfor The EconomistBathrooms & facilitiesOct 6–8, 2019 personal discomfort seeing a transgender woman in a women's restroom
Asked of half of respondents
Would it make you feel uncomfortable if you saw someone who identifies as female, but you know was born male, enter and use the women's restroom?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: split-half pair with the trans-man version (Q34)party crosstab not extracted
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, I would feel uncomfortable
- No, it would not matter
- Prefer not to say
YouGovfor The EconomistPronouns & languageOct 6–8, 2019 firing a teacher for refusing a student's pronouns
Do you approve or disapprove of firing a teacher for refusing to use a transgender student's new pronouns?
Base: Q34 and Q36 were each asked of a randomized half sample (n about 750).
Wording notes: asks about the sanction (firing) rather than about the underlying pronoun policy, which is a much harder testprompted by a specific Virginia news story asked about in the preceding item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not sure
IpsosContact & populationdata flagOct 4–7, 2019 knowing a transgender person, by relationship type
Do you know someone in your life who is...?
Do you know someone in your life who is...? Transgender
No
51%
Yes, an acquaintance
16%
Yes, a friend
9%
Yes, a coworker
5%
Yes, in my extended family
2%
Yes, in my immediate family
1%
Yes, a neighbor
1%
Not sure
12%
Refused
10%
- Sample
- 1,306 adults; includes an LGBT boost sample · As published: 'plus or minus 1.8 percentage points at the 95% confidence level' for the general-population sample of adults, with a stated design effect of 1.12. NOTE: +/- 1.8 points is implausibly tight for n=1,021 (roughly +/- 3.2 would be expected at DEFF 1.12); the figure is recorded exactly as Ipsos published it and should be treated as a probable error in the source document.
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Nationally representative probability sample of adults 18+ (N=1,021) PLUS an LGBT boost sample (N=285), for a combined total of 1,306. IMPORTANT: the topline tables for the items below print '(N=1,306)', i.e. the combined base including the boost. Ipsos weighted the general-population sample and the LGBT boost separately, each raked to the 18+ adult population, but the release does not state how the two were combined for the published totals. Percentages on the contact and gender-belief items should therefore NOT be read as clean general-population estimates.
Wording notes: response set distinguishes closeness of relationship rather than collapsing to a yes/no, which is a genuine design strengthincludes 'Yes, I am' so self-identification is captured in the same item10% refused and 12% were not sure - high enough that the 'No' share is not a clean complementpublished base appears to include the LGBT boost sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, I am
- Yes, in my immediate family
- Yes, in my extended family
- Yes, a friend
- Yes, a coworker
- Yes, a neighbor
- Yes, an acquaintance
- No
- Not sure
- Refused
IpsosContact & populationdata flagOct 4–7, 2019 knowing a non-binary or gender non-conforming person
Do you know someone in your life who is...?
Do you know someone in your life who is...? Non-binary/Non-conforming
No
49%
Yes, an acquaintance
8%
Yes, a friend
4%
Yes, a coworker
2%
Yes, I am
1%
Yes, in my immediate family
1%
Yes, in my extended family
1%
Yes, a neighbor
1%
Not sure
27%
Refused
10%
- Sample
- 1,306 adults; includes an LGBT boost sample · As published: 'plus or minus 1.8 percentage points at the 95% confidence level' for the general-population sample of adults, with a stated design effect of 1.12. NOTE: +/- 1.8 points is implausibly tight for n=1,021 (roughly +/- 3.2 would be expected at DEFF 1.12); the figure is recorded exactly as Ipsos published it and should be treated as a probable error in the source document.
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Nationally representative probability sample of adults 18+ (N=1,021) PLUS an LGBT boost sample (N=285), for a combined total of 1,306. IMPORTANT: the topline tables for the items below print '(N=1,306)', i.e. the combined base including the boost. Ipsos weighted the general-population sample and the LGBT boost separately, each raked to the 18+ adult population, but the release does not state how the two were combined for the published totals. Percentages on the contact and gender-belief items should therefore NOT be read as clean general-population estimates.
Wording notes: 27% answered 'Not sure' - more than double the trans item's 12%, suggesting many respondents did not know what the category meantpublished base appears to include the LGBT boost sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, I am
- Yes, in my immediate family
- Yes, in my extended family
- Yes, a friend
- Yes, a coworker
- Yes, a neighbor
- Yes, an acquaintance
- No
- Not sure
- Refused
IpsosIdentity beliefsdata flagOct 4–7, 2019 belief that gender is strictly binary
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements. - A person is either a man or a woman and not anything in between
- Sample
- 1,306 adults; includes an LGBT boost sample · As published: 'plus or minus 1.8 percentage points at the 95% confidence level' for the general-population sample of adults, with a stated design effect of 1.12. NOTE: +/- 1.8 points is implausibly tight for n=1,021 (roughly +/- 3.2 would be expected at DEFF 1.12); the figure is recorded exactly as Ipsos published it and should be treated as a probable error in the source document.
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Nationally representative probability sample of adults 18+ (N=1,021) PLUS an LGBT boost sample (N=285), for a combined total of 1,306. IMPORTANT: the topline tables for the items below print '(N=1,306)', i.e. the combined base including the boost. Ipsos weighted the general-population sample and the LGBT boost separately, each raked to the 18+ adult population, but the release does not state how the two were combined for the published totals. Percentages on the contact and gender-belief items should therefore NOT be read as clean general-population estimates.
Wording notes: offers a true midpoint ('Neither agree nor disagree') plus a separate 'Don't know', which most binary-belief items do not - 23% took one of the twofielded alongside its near-converse ('There is a spectrum of gender identities'), which is a useful internal consistency checkpublished base appears to include the LGBT boost sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
- Refused
IpsosIdentity beliefsdata flagOct 4–7, 2019 belief that gender is defined by natal reproductive organs
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements. - Gender is defined by the reproductive organs you are born with
- Sample
- 1,306 adults; includes an LGBT boost sample · As published: 'plus or minus 1.8 percentage points at the 95% confidence level' for the general-population sample of adults, with a stated design effect of 1.12. NOTE: +/- 1.8 points is implausibly tight for n=1,021 (roughly +/- 3.2 would be expected at DEFF 1.12); the figure is recorded exactly as Ipsos published it and should be treated as a probable error in the source document.
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Nationally representative probability sample of adults 18+ (N=1,021) PLUS an LGBT boost sample (N=285), for a combined total of 1,306. IMPORTANT: the topline tables for the items below print '(N=1,306)', i.e. the combined base including the boost. Ipsos weighted the general-population sample and the LGBT boost separately, each raked to the 18+ adult population, but the release does not state how the two were combined for the published totals. Percentages on the contact and gender-belief items should therefore NOT be read as clean general-population estimates.
Wording notes: 'reproductive organs' is a narrower and more concrete criterion than 'sex assigned at birth', and narrower than chromosomes - respondents are answering about anatomy specificallyconflates sex and gender in the premise, which is precisely the proposition at issuepublished base appears to include the LGBT boost sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
- Refused
IpsosIdentity beliefsdata flagOct 4–7, 2019 belief that gender identity exists on a spectrum
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.
Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements. - There is a spectrum of gender identities
- Sample
- 1,306 adults; includes an LGBT boost sample · As published: 'plus or minus 1.8 percentage points at the 95% confidence level' for the general-population sample of adults, with a stated design effect of 1.12. NOTE: +/- 1.8 points is implausibly tight for n=1,021 (roughly +/- 3.2 would be expected at DEFF 1.12); the figure is recorded exactly as Ipsos published it and should be treated as a probable error in the source document.
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Nationally representative probability sample of adults 18+ (N=1,021) PLUS an LGBT boost sample (N=285), for a combined total of 1,306. IMPORTANT: the topline tables for the items below print '(N=1,306)', i.e. the combined base including the boost. Ipsos weighted the general-population sample and the LGBT boost separately, each raked to the 18+ adult population, but the release does not state how the two were combined for the published totals. Percentages on the contact and gender-belief items should therefore NOT be read as clean general-population estimates.
Wording notes: 10% chose 'Don't know', the highest of the battery - 'spectrum of gender identities' was still unfamiliar language in 2019the affirming counterpart to the binary and reproductive-organs itemspublished base appears to include the LGBT boost sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
- Refused
Morning ConsultSportsJul 19–21, 2019whether trans women athletes have a competitive advantage over cis women
As you may know, a transgender woman is a person who was assigned the male sex at birth who identifies as female.
As you may know, a transgender woman is a person who was assigned the male sex at birth who identifies as female.Generally speaking, do you agree or disagree that transgender female athletes have a competitive advantage over non-transgender (aka cisgendered) female athletes?
Base: Split-half design: the transgender-women items (TIS2, TIS4) were asked of n=1114 and the transgender-men items (TIS3, TIS5) of n=1086. TIS6 was asked of the full 2200.
Wording notes: supplies a definitional preamble that frames trans status in terms of sex assigned at birth'competitive advantage' is asserted as the proposition to be agreed with, an agree/disagree format prone to acquiescenceglosses cisgender as 'non-transgender (aka cisgendered)'no hormone-therapy, age or eligibility-rule qualifier is offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning ConsultSportsJul 19–21, 2019 whether trans men athletes have a competitive advantage over cis men
As you may know, a transgender man is a person who was assigned as female at birth who identifies as male.
As you may know, a transgender man is a person who was assigned as female at birth who identifies as male.Generally speaking, do you agree or disagree that transgender male athletes have a competitive advantage over non-transgender (aka cisgendered) male athletes?
Base: Split-half design: the transgender-women items (TIS2, TIS4) were asked of n=1114 and the transgender-men items (TIS3, TIS5) of n=1086. TIS6 was asked of the full 2200.
Wording notes: supplies a definitional preamble that frames trans status in terms of sex assigned at birth'competitive advantage' is asserted as the proposition to be agreed with, an agree/disagree format prone to acquiescenceglosses cisgender as 'non-transgender (aka cisgendered)'no hormone-therapy, age or eligibility-rule qualifier is offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning ConsultContact & populationJul 19–21, 2019 knowing a transgender or nonbinary person
As you may know, a transgender person is someone who identifies with a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth. A nonbinary person, also known as genderqueer, does not identify as exclusively masculine or feminine, but expresses multiple genders at the same time.
As you may know, a transgender person is someone who identifies with a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth. A nonbinary person, also known as genderqueer, does not identify as exclusively masculine or feminine, but expresses multiple genders at the same time. Do you know any transgender or nonbinary individuals?
Base: Split-half design: the transgender-women items (TIS2, TIS4) were asked of n=1114 and the transgender-men items (TIS3, TIS5) of n=1086. TIS6 was asked of the full 2200.
Wording notes: supplies definitions before asking, which may raise reported contactbundles transgender and nonbinary acquaintance into one measureunlike the 2021 version of this item, a don't-know option is offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / No opinion
Morning ConsultSportsparaphrasedJul 19–21, 2019 belief that transgender women have a competitive advantage over cisgender women
Transgender female athletes have a competitive advantage over cisgender female athletes
Base: Split-half design: the transgender-women items (TIS2, TIS4) were asked of n=1114 and the transgender-men items (TIS3, TIS5) of n=1086. TIS6 was asked of the full 2200.
Wording notes: uses 'cisgender', unusual for mass-public pollingasserts a contested empirical claim for agreement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning ConsultSportsparaphrasedJul 19–21, 2019 belief that transgender men have a competitive advantage over cisgender men
Transgender male athletes have a competitive advantage over cisgender male athletes
Base: Split-half design: the transgender-women items (TIS2, TIS4) were asked of n=1114 and the transgender-men items (TIS3, TIS5) of n=1086. TIS6 was asked of the full 2200.
Wording notes: mirror-image split-half of the trans women item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Morning ConsultIdentity beliefsJul 19–21, 2019 belief that men are physically stronger and faster than women
men are physically stronger and faster than women
Base: Split-half design: the transgender-women items (TIS2, TIS4) were asked of n=1114 and the transgender-men items (TIS3, TIS5) of n=1086. TIS6 was asked of the full 2200.
Wording notes: a general sex-difference belief item used by Morning Consult to explain the athlete itemsagree/disagree single statement, subject to acquiescence bias
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Research Co.Bathrooms & facilitiesJul 15–17, 2019public bathroom use by transgender Canadians
As you may know, there have been some discussions across Canada on establishing policies for the use of public bathrooms by transgender Canadians. From what you have seen, read or heard, do you think transgender Canadians should be allowed to use the public bathroom of their choice or use the public bathroom based on biological sex?
Base: Party breaks are 2015 federal election vote.
Wording notes: uses 'biological sex' as the counterpoint to 'choice'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Definitely use the public bathroom based on biological sex
- Probably use the public bathroom based on biological sex
- Probably use the public bathroom of their choice
- Definitely use the public bathroom of their choice
- Not sure
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019workplace restroom policy for trans employees
How should workplaces deal with trans-gender and gender-neutral employees when it comes to the use of restrooms?
Provide gender-neutral restrooms
43%
Do nothing. This is not an issue for employers to solve
35%
Allow trans-gender and gender-neutral employees choose the restroom associate with
22%
- Sample
- 1,295 registered voters · not disclosed
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: response option text is garbled in the published topline ('choose the restroom associate with')no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allow trans-gender and gender-neutral employees choose the restroom associate with
- Provide gender-neutral restrooms
- Do nothing. This is not an issue for employers to solve
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 birth-sex vs gender-identity restroom use
Do you think that transgender people should be required to use the bathroom of their sex at birth or allowed to use the bathroom that best aligns with their gender identity and stated sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionuses 'sex at birth' and 'stated sex' symmetrically
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Use the bathroom of their sex at birth
- Use the bathroom that best aligns with their stated sex
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 constitutional right to bathroom of stated sex
Would you favor the Supreme Court finding that transgender people have a constitutional right to use the bathroom of their stated sex or oppose such a finding?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 whether birth-sex bathroom laws are discriminatory
In general, do you think laws that require transgender people to use the bathroom of their sex at birth are discriminatory to them or not?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Discriminatory
- Not discriminatory
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 law requiring birth-sex bathroom use
Do you favor or oppose a law to require public institutions and accommodations to require transgender people to use bathrooms of their sex at birth?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionpaired split-half style with GC0508, which asks the mirror-image policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 law allowing gender-identity bathroom use
Do you favor or oppose a law to require public institutions and accommodations to allow transgender people to use bathrooms that best aligns with their gender identity and stated sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionmirror image of GC0507 asked of the same respondents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 which body should decide bathroom policy
Do you think the issue of public bathroom use by transgender people should be decided by each state, by Congress or the Supreme Court?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- State
- Congress
- Supreme Court
Harvard CAPS/HarrisMilitary serviceMay 29–30, 2019 trans military service
Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender to serve in the military?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: grammatically truncated - 'allowing transgender to serve' omits the noun ('transgender people'), a published wording errorno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisLegal documents & IDsMay 29–30, 2019 self-specified gender in government and school treatment
Do you think that in general people should be able to specify their gender identity and stated sex to be used in how people are treated by the government and public institutions like schools or should stated sex not be used?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: convoluted double-clause stemno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to specify their stated sex
- Stated sex should not be used
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsMay 29–30, 2019 high school and college team eligibility
Should competitive athletic teams in high schools and college allow transgender to play on the team of their stated sex or require them to play on the teams of their birth sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: grammatically truncated ('allow transgender to play')no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allow to play on the team of their stated sex
- Require them to play on the teams of their birth sex
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsMay 29–30, 2019 gender-neutral sports
Should we make all sports gender-neutral, allowing athletes of both sexes to compete with one another as they chose?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: one-sided stem ('Should we make...') with no stated alternativetypo 'as they chose'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsMay 29–30, 2019 fairness of competing against trans athletes
Do you consider it fair or unfair for athletes of one sex to compete against gender-neutral or trans-gender athletes who were born as members of the either sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: garbled stem ('who were born as members of the either sex')conflates 'gender-neutral' and 'trans-gender' athletes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Fair
- Unfair
- Unsure / Don't Know