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GLAADfor GLAADContact & populationparaphrasedJan 2025 – Jan 31, 2025personally knowing someone transgender or nonbinary
Non-LGBTQ adults say they don't personally know many members of the LGBTQ community (numbers will not add to 100% because people can select multiple options)
personally know someone who is transgender
Personally know someone who is gay or lesbian
63%
Personally know someone who is bisexual
34%
Personally know someone who is transgender
22%
Personally know someone who is nonbinary
11%
- Sample
- 2,514 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: items reported on non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ bases; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: multiple-response battery; percentages do not sum to 100
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Gay or lesbian
- Bisexual
- Transgender
- Queer
- Pansexual
- Nonbinary
- Asexual
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedJan 2025 – Jan 31, 2025 would support a close family member or friend who came out as trans or nonbinary
if someone close to them (like a family member or close friend) told them they were trans or nonbinary, they would support them
Base: items reported on non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ bases; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: only the agree net published
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedJan 2025 – Jan 31, 2025 transgender and nonbinary people deserve to live free from violence and discrimination
transgender and nonbinary people deserve to live their lives free from violence and discrimination
Agree - gay, lesbian and bisexual people deserve to live free from violence and discrimination
88%
Agree - transgender and nonbinary people deserve to live free from violence and discrimination
87%
- Sample
- 2,514 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: items reported on non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ bases; subsample sizes not published
Wording notes: abstract dignity statement rather than a policy trade-off
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceJan 2024 – Jan 31, 2024 would support a close family member or friend who came out as transgender or nonbinary
% non-LGBTQ strongly/somewhat agree
If someone close to me (like a family member or close friend) told me they were transgender or nonbinary, I would support them
Strongly/somewhat agree - lesbian, gay or bisexual version
82%
Strongly/somewhat agree - transgender or nonbinary version
77%
- Sample
- 2,511 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: items reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published. Several charts in the 2024 report are sourced instead to a separate 'GLAAD 2024 LGBTQ voter pulse poll' whose methodology GLAAD did not publish.
Wording notes: only the agree net is published
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
GLAADfor GLAADSurveys of trans peopleJan 2024 – Jan 31, 2024 LGBTQ respondents reporting discrimination based on gender identity, by generation
% LGBTQ reporting discrimination related to sexual/romantic orientation and/or gender identity
Discrimination based on gender identity
Base: items reported separately for non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ respondents; subsample sizes not published. Several charts in the 2024 report are sourced instead to a separate 'GLAAD 2024 LGBTQ voter pulse poll' whose methodology GLAAD did not publish.
Wording notes: reported separately from the sexual-orientation ground, unlike the 2017 wave
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceFeb 2023 – Feb 28, 2023 comfort in personal scenarios involving a transgender person
% non-LGBTQ adults that are comfortable...
Having a transgender person at your place of worship / Learning your a family memeber is transgender / Learning your doctor is transgender
Comfortable - Having a gay, lesbian or bisexual person at your place of worship
80%
Comfortable - Having a transgender person at your place of worship
76%
Comfortable - Having a nonbinary person at your place of worship
76%
Comfortable - Learning a family member is gay, lesbian or bisexual
75%
Comfortable - Seeing a same-sex couple holding hands
74%
Comfortable - Learning your doctor is gay, lesbian or bisexual
72%
Comfortable - Learning a family member is nonbinary
68%
Comfortable - Learning a family member is transgender
66%
Comfortable - Learning your doctor is nonbinary
64%
Comfortable - Learning your doctor is transgender
63%
- Sample
- 2,533 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: comfort items are reported on the non-LGBTQ base; subsample size not published
Wording notes: only the comfortable net is publishedparallel gay/lesbian/bisexual and nonbinary versions of each scenario were fielded, which permits a clean within-survey comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceFeb 2023 – Feb 28, 2023 familiarity with nonbinary and transgender people
% non-LGBTQ people agree
Nonbinary and transgender people are new and unfamiliar to me
Base: comfort items are reported on the non-LGBTQ base; subsample size not published
Wording notes: published as a collapsed agree/disagree pair
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GLAADfor GLAADSurveys of trans peopleApr 28, 2022 – May 9, 2022 discrimination based on gender, gender identity and/or gender expression in the past two years
% LGBTQ experiencing micro or macroaggression discrimination in the past two years based on:
Gender, gender identity and/or gender expression
Base: includes transgender and nonbinary respondents as a reported subgroup; the trans/nonbinary subsample size was not published
Wording notes: uses the term 'micro or macroaggression', which presupposes the respondent accepts that framework
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Sexual orientation
- Gender, gender identity and/or gender expression
- Race or ethnicity
GLAADfor GLAADSurveys of trans peopleparaphrasedApr 28, 2022 – May 9, 2022 feeling unsafe walking in one's own neighborhood, transgender and nonbinary vs all LGBTQ
more than half (54%) of transgender and nonbinary people feel unsafe walking in their own neighborhoods, compared to 36% of all LGBTQ adults
Base: includes transgender and nonbinary respondents as a reported subgroup; the trans/nonbinary subsample size was not published
Wording notes: narrative paraphrase only
GLAADfor GLAADIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJan 2021 – Jan 31, 2021 disagreement 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
GLAADfor GLAADMilitary serviceNov 2019 – Dec 31, 2019 belief 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