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YouGovfor The TimesIdentity beliefsDec 16–17, 2018whether 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Wording notes: preamble defines trans people in terms of birth sex
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor The TimesLegal documents & IDsDec 16–17, 2018 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
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
YouGovfor The TimesLegal documents & IDsDec 16–17, 2018 two-year lived-experience requirement
And do you think a person should or should not have to provide evidence they lived in their new gender for at least two years before they are able to change their legal gender?
Base: Party breaks are 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should have to show they have lived in their new gender for two years
- Should not have to show they have lived in their new gender for two years
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesSportsDec 16–17, 2018 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesBathrooms & facilitiesDec 16–17, 2018 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesBathrooms & facilitiesDec 16–17, 2018 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesPrisons & sheltersDec 16–17, 2018 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
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
YouGovfor The TimesSportsDec 16–17, 2018 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 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesBathrooms & facilitiesDec 16–17, 2018 trans men using men'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 men should or should not be allowed to... Use men's changing rooms?
Base: Party breaks are 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesBathrooms & facilitiesDec 16–17, 2018 trans men using men'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 men should or should not be allowed to... Use men's toilets?
Base: Party breaks are 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovfor The TimesBathrooms & facilitiesDec 16–17, 2018 whether trans women in women's spaces present a risk of harm
Do you believe that allowing transgender women to use spaces reserved for women, such as women's toilets or changing rooms, does or does not present any genuine risk of harm to women?
Base: Party breaks are 2017 general election vote (Con weighted n=548, Lab 513, Lib Dem 93 - the Lib Dem base is small and should be read with caution).
Wording notes: introduces the concept of 'genuine risk of harm to women' into the item stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Does not present any genuine risk of harm
- Does present a genuine risk of harm
- Don't know
YouGovfor HuffPostLegal documents & IDsOct 25–26, 2018 federal redefinition of sex to exclude transgender people
Would you approve or disapprove of narrowing the definition of gender to eliminate federal recognition of transgender people?
Wording notes: fielded three days after the New York Times reported a leaked HHS memo proposing to define sex as immutable and determined at birthstates the consequence ('eliminate federal recognition of transgender people') in the item itselfvery large Not sure share (26%) indicating low crystallisation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not sure
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceMar 25–27, 2018 allowing transgender people to serve openly
Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military?
Wording notes: repeat of the identical July 2017 itemfielded days after the March 2018 White House memo implementing the ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor strongly
- Favor somewhat
- Oppose somewhat
- Oppose strongly
- Don't know
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceMar 25–27, 2018 perceived effect of open transgender service on military effectiveness
Do you think allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military has made military effectiveness better, worse, or not made much difference?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Better
- Not made much difference
- Worse
- Don't know
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceMar 25–27, 2018 approval of Trump's transgender military ban
Do you approve or disapprove of Donald Trump issuing a ban on transgender people serving in the military?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Approve strongly
- Approve somewhat
- Disapprove somewhat
- Disapprove strongly
- Don't know
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceJul 31, 2017 – Aug 2017 allowing transgender people to serve openly
Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military?
Wording notes: fielded days after Trump announced the military ban on Twitter (26 July 2017)uses 'serve openly'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor strongly
- Favor somewhat
- Oppose somewhat
- Oppose strongly
- Don't know
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceJul 31, 2017 – Aug 2017 perceived effect of open transgender service on military effectiveness
Do you think allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military has made military effectiveness better, worse, or not made much difference?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Better
- Not made much difference
- Worse
- Don't know
YouGovfor The EconomistMilitary serviceJul 31, 2017 – Aug 2017 approval of Trump's transgender military ban
Do you approve or disapprove of Donald Trump issuing a ban on transgender people serving in the military?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Approve strongly
- Approve somewhat
- Disapprove somewhat
- Disapprove strongly
- Don't know
YouGovSportsJul 5–6, 2016 athletes who have undergone gender reassignment competing in their new gender category
Do you think athletes that have undergone gender reassignment should or should not be allowed to compete in sporting events designed for their new gender?
Base: Party breaks are 2015 general election vote (Con weighted n=488, Lab 405, Lib Dem 104, UKIP 165 - the Lib Dem and UKIP bases are small).
Wording notes: offers an explicit conditional middle option about competitive advantagerestricts the item to athletes who have had gender reassignment
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes they should, everyone should be treated exactly the same
- Yes they should, but only if it can be proven they have not gained an advantage over their competitors as a result of gender reassignment
- No they should not, they should not be allowed
- Don't know
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesMar 26–28, 2016 which bathrooms transgender people should use
Do you think transgender people should use the bathrooms that correspond with their birth gender or with their current gender?
Wording notes: 'birth gender' vs 'current gender' contrastno policy framing - asks about behavior rather than lawhigh not-sure share (26%)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Birth gender
- Current gender
- Not sure
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesMar 26–28, 2016 a law requiring transgender people to use the bathroom matching their birth gender
Do you favor or oppose a law that would require transgender people to use the bathroom which corresponds with the gender of their birth?
Wording notes: favor = restriction, inverting the usual directionpaired with Q7 as a behavior-vs-law comparison on the same sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor strongly
- Favor somewhat
- Oppose somewhat
- Oppose strongly
- Not sure
YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesMar 26–28, 2016 state preemption of local bathroom ordinances
Do you think that cities and municipalities should be able to make their own laws about who can use which bathrooms, or should there be one law for the entire state?
There should be one law for the entire state
70%
Cities and municipalities should be able to make their own laws
16%
Not sure
14%
- Sample
- 1,000 adults · ± 4% (adjusted for weighting)
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: does not name transgender people explicitly - euphemised as 'who can use which bathrooms'asked directly after a parallel preemption item about anti-gay employment discrimination, so the referent is established by context
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Cities and municipalities should be able to make their own laws
- There should be one law for the entire state
- Not sure
YouGovGeneral acceptanceMar 26–28, 2016 belief that transgender people are more likely to sexually assault women and children
Do you think that transgender people are more or less likely than other people to sexually assault women and children?
Wording notes: directly measures the predator stereotype that anchored the 2016 bathroom-bill campaignasks respondents to compare transgender people to 'other people' on propensity to commit sexual assault - a social-distance/stigma item rather than a policy itemoffers a 'less likely' pole that has no natural constituency, which may compress the distribution
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- About as likely
- Less likely
- Not sure
YouGovContact & populationJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
Wording notes: no Not sure option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovAdult medical careparaphrasedJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 insurance coverage of transition-related care
Once a person has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder, should insurance companies be required to cover the costs of treatment?
Wording notes: uses the diagnostic label 'gender identity disorder', which the DSM-5 had already replaced with 'gender dysphoria' in 2013frames coverage as a legal requirement on insurers rather than as access
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovParental rightsJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 own hypothetical reaction to a transgender child
If you had a child who told you he or she was transgender, would you be very upset, somewhat upset, not very upset, or not upset at all?
Wording notes: measures the negative pole only ('how upset'), with no supportive end to the scalegendered stem 'he or she'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very upset
- Upset
- Not very upset
- Not upset at all
- Unsure
YouGovSurveys of trans peopleJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 own hypothetical reaction to a transgender spouse
If your spouse told you he or she was transgender, would you be very upset, somewhat upset, not very upset, or not upset at all?
Wording notes: negative-pole-only scaleasked immediately after the equivalent child item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very upset
- Upset
- Not very upset
- Not upset at all
- Unsure
YouGovfor The Huffington PostIdentity beliefsFeb 17–20, 2015 self-rated understanding of what being transgender means
How well do you feel you understand what it means for someone to identify as transgender?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely well
- Very well
- Moderately well
- Not too well
- Not well at all
YouGovfor The Huffington PostContact & populationFeb 17–20, 2015 personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know someone who identifies as transgender?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, me
- Yes, someone else
- No
- Not sure
YouGovfor The Huffington PostBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 17–20, 2015 access to sex-designated facilities matching gender identity
Do you think that transgender people should be allowed to use public restrooms, dressing rooms and locker rooms designated for a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth?
Wording notes: earliest US transgender facility-access item in this sweep, fielded more than a year before North Carolina HB2bundles restrooms, dressing rooms and locker rooms into one itemphrases access as using facilities 'designated for a different gender', which frames the trans person as the one crossing a line
Response options as the pollster wrote them