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GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 2026 – May 17, 2026moral acceptability of changing one's gender
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral questionbattery placement alongside transgressive behaviors
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–17, 2026 satisfaction with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation (Mood of the Nation state-of-the-nation battery, asked of a random half sample)
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so.
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so. How about -- the acceptance of transgender people in the nation?
Very dissatisfied
42%
Somewhat satisfied
21%
Somewhat dissatisfied
18%
Very satisfied
12%
No opinion
7%
- Sample
- 1,000 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,000; Gallup publishes no separate half-sample or follow-up margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The transgender-acceptance item was asked of a random half sample; the more/less follow-up was asked only of the dissatisfied portion of that half sample. Gallup publishes neither base.
Wording notes: asked of a random half sample of the January Mood of the Nation samplesatisfaction framing collapses two opposite reasons for dissatisfaction (wanting more acceptance and wanting less) into a single 'dissatisfied' response, which Gallup itself disentangles only with the 2026 follow-upexplicit don't-know escape offered in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very satisfied
- Somewhat satisfied
- Somewhat dissatisfied
- Very dissatisfied
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–17, 2026 direction of dissatisfaction -- whether the dissatisfied want more or less acceptance of transgender people (new in 2026); reported combined with the satisfaction item
Asked only of respondents who said they were somewhat or very dissatisfied with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation.
(Asked of those dissatisfied with the acceptance of transgender people) Would you like to see transgender people be more widely accepted in this nation, less widely accepted, or is the acceptance of transgender people in this nation today about right?
Dissatisfied, want transgender people more widely accepted
38%
Dissatisfied, want transgender people less widely accepted
14%
Dissatisfied, but acceptance about right
8%
No opinion
7%
Total satisfied with current acceptance 33%
- Sample
- 1,000 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,000; Gallup publishes no separate half-sample or follow-up margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The transgender-acceptance item was asked of a random half sample; the more/less follow-up was asked only of the dissatisfied portion of that half sample. Gallup publishes neither base.
Wording notes: conditional follow-up asked only of the dissatisfiedreported by Gallup only as a combined five-category distribution with the parent satisfaction item, not as a standalone basefirst fielded in 2026 -- no prior reading exists'about right' is offered to respondents who had just said they were dissatisfied, an internally odd option Gallup nonetheless records at 8%
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More widely accepted
- Less widely accepted
- About right
- No opinion
GallupSportsparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 trans athletes - birth sex vs current gender identity teams
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes.
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes. Do you think transgender athletes -- [ROTATED: should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity (or) should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender]?
Should only be allowed to play on teams that match their birth gender
69%
Should only be allowed to play on teams that match their birth gender
69%
Should only be allowed to play on teams that match their birth gender
62%
Should be able to play on teams that match their current gender identity
34%
Should be able to play on teams that match their current gender identity
26%
Should be able to play on teams that match their current gender identity
24%
No opinion
6%
No opinion
5%
No opinion
4%
- Sample
- 1,003 adults · +/- 4 percentage points on the full sample of 1,003; +/- 5 percentage points on each half sample (Form A n=502, Form B n=501)
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 48 subgroup figures
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'/'birth sex'no middle option offereddoes not distinguish level of sport
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
- Should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender / birth sex
- No opinion
GallupLegal documents & IDsparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 sex/gender marker on passports and driver's licenses
Whether a person's birth sex or their current gender identity should be listed on government documents such as passports or driver's licenses.
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: first fielded 2025 - no trendbinary forced choice with no 'X'/nonbinary marker option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Birth sex
- Current gender identity
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 moral acceptability of changing one's gender
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral questionbattery placement alongside transgressive behaviors
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupIdentity beliefsMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 whether being transgender is innate or a product of upbringing/environment
In your view, is being transgender something a person is born with or due to factors such as upbringing and environment?
Upbringing and environment
50%
Born with it
30%
Both (vol.)
7%
Neither (vol.) or no opinion
11%
- Sample
- 1,003 adults · +/- 4 percentage points on the full sample of 1,003; +/- 5 percentage points on each half sample (Form A n=502, Form B n=501)
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: first fielded 2025 - no trendbinary born-with vs upbringing frame excludes accounts that are neither purely innate nor environmental'both' and 'neither' were volunteered rather than offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Born with it
- Upbringing and environment
- Both (vol.)
- Neither (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupIdentity beliefsMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 whether being transgender is innate or environmental -- Form B half sample
In your view, is being transgender -- [ROTATED: something a person is born with, (or) due to factors such as upbringing and environment]?
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: asked of Form B only (n=501)response alternatives rotatedparallels question 40, the same item about being gay or lesbian, which was put to the other half samplevolunteered 'both' and 'neither' are recorded but not read
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Something a person is born with
- Due to factors such as upbringing and environment
- Both (vol.)
- Neither (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupLegal documents & IDsMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 birth sex vs. gender identity on driver's licenses and passports -- Form B half sample, first asking
Next, when it comes to obtaining government documents such as driver's licenses or passports,
Next, when it comes to obtaining government documents such as driver's licenses or passports, do you think -- [ROTATED: people should be required to list their birth sex on the document (or) people should be able to list their gender identity instead of their birth sex if they differ]?
People should be required to list their birth sex
66%
People should be able to list their gender identity if they differ
27%
No opinion
7%
- Sample
- 1,003 adults · +/- 4 percentage points on the full sample of 1,003; +/- 5 percentage points on each half sample (Form A n=502, Form B n=501)
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 48 subgroup figures
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: asked of Form B only (n=501)response alternatives rotatedfirst and so far only asking -- Gallup's trend table for this item carries a single rowthe affirming option is phrased as an exception conditional on the two differing ('if they differ')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- People should be required to list their birth sex on the document
- People should be able to list their gender identity instead of their birth sex if they differ
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 moral acceptability of changing one's gender -- full sample, the one item in the battery NOT split
Next, I'm going to read you a list of issues. Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Next, I'm going to read you a list of issues. Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. How about -- [RANDOM ORDER]? -- Changing one's gender
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: asked of the full sample, unlike the four policy items in the same waveitem order randomized within the morality battery'changing one's gender' is Gallup's own label and names no person or policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on the situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupLegal documents & IDsparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 birth sex vs. gender identity on passports and driver's licenses
Should a person's birth sex or their current gender identity be listed on government documents such as passports or driver's licenses?
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: uses 'birth sex' vs 'current gender identity' contrastno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Birth sex
- Current gender identity
- No opinion
GallupSportsparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 18, 2025 trans athletes on teams matching birth sex
Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play only on sports teams that match their birth gender, or should they be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity?
Only teams that match their birth gender
69%
Teams that match their current gender identity
24%
- Sample
- 1,003 adults · +/- 4 percentage points on the full sample of 1,003; +/- 5 percentage points on each half sample (Form A n=502, Form B n=501)
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: The four born-with/policy items were divided between two random half samples rather than asked of everyone. Form A (n=502) received question 40 (cause of being gay or lesbian) and question 42 (transgender athletes); Form B (n=501) received question 41 (cause of being transgender) and question 43 (government documents). Gallup states the margin of sampling error on each half sample is +/- 5 percentage points, against +/- 4 on the full sample, and marks every affected row in the topline with the footnote '^ Asked of a half sample'. Only the morality item (question 21V) was asked of the full 1,003.
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only teams that match their birth gender
- Teams that match their current gender identity
- No opinion
GallupMilitary serviceJan 21–27, 2025 allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military
Do you favor or oppose allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the military?
Base: Gallup's own trend table footnotes the 2025 reading of this item '^ Asked of a half sample'. The 2019 and 2021 readings in the same trend carry no such footnote, so the 2025 drop from 66% to 58% favor is measured on a different (smaller) base than the readings it is compared with. Gallup does not publish the half-sample n or margin of error.
Wording notes: uses 'openly transgender men and women'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–15, 2025 satisfaction with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation (Mood of the Nation state-of-the-nation battery, asked of a random half sample)
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so.
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so. How about -- the acceptance of transgender people in the nation?
Somewhat satisfied
28%
Somewhat satisfied
28%
Very dissatisfied
27%
Very dissatisfied
27%
Somewhat dissatisfied
23%
Somewhat dissatisfied
23%
Very satisfied
10%
Very satisfied
10%
No opinion
11%
Don't know
9%
- Sample
- 1,005 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,005; the transgender item rests on the Form B half sample of 505, for which Gallup publishes no separate margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 95 subgroup figures
Base: The item was asked of Form B only. Gallup's January 2025 final topline gives the base as 'BASED ON ~505~ NATIONAL ADULTS IN FORM B' out of a full sample of 1,005. Gallup publishes no separate half-sample margin of error.
Wording notes: asked of a random half sample of the January Mood of the Nation samplesatisfaction framing collapses two opposite reasons for dissatisfaction (wanting more acceptance and wanting less) into a single 'dissatisfied' response, which Gallup itself disentangles only with the 2026 follow-upexplicit don't-know escape offered in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very satisfied
- Somewhat satisfied
- Somewhat dissatisfied
- Very dissatisfied
- No opinion
GallupContact & populationJan 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 self-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: 832 LGBTQ+ adults, MOE ±4 percentage points
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
- Something else
- No opinion / refused
GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 moral acceptability of changing one's gender
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral questionbattery placement alongside transgressive behaviors
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 laws banning gender-transition treatments for minors - general version (split sample A)
Do you favor or oppose laws that ban treatments and medical procedures for minors seeking to change their gender?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: 'minors seeking to change their gender' places agency with the minorasks about banning care rather than about the care itselfdoes not name any specific treatment
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 laws banning gender-transition treatments for minors - itemized version (split sample B)
Do you favor or oppose laws that ban psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries for minors seeking to align with their gender identity?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: triple-barreled: bundles psychological support, hormones and surgery into one item'minors seeking to align with their gender identity'asks about banning care rather than about the care itself
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 Form A / general arm -- gender-affirming care described only as 'various treatments and medical procedures'
Next, we have a question about gender-affirming care, which refers to various treatments and medical procedures that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.
Next, we have a question about gender-affirming care, which refers to various treatments and medical procedures that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: randomized half sample (general description arm)asks about favoring a BAN, so 'oppose' is the pro-access response -- a reversal of most trans-care items'certain types of' softens the ban object without specifying which typesthe preamble defines gender-affirming care for the respondent, supplying information most items withhold
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 Form B / specific arm -- gender-affirming care described as 'psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries'
Next, we have a question about gender-affirming care, which refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.
Next, we have a question about gender-affirming care, which refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: randomized half sample (specific description arm)names surgeries explicitly in the preambleasks about favoring a BAN, so 'oppose' is the pro-access responsebrackets the treatment list with the least invasive option first (psychological support), which cuts against the usual salience effect of naming surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 Form A / general arm -- gender-affirming care described only as 'various treatments and medical procedures'
Next, we have a question about gender-affirming care, which refers to various treatments and medical procedures that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.
(Asked of a half sample) Next, we have a question about gender affirming care, which refers to various treatments and medical procedures that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender affirming care for minors?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: randomized half sample (general description arm)asks about favoring a BAN, so 'oppose' is the pro-access response -- a reversal of most trans-care items'certain types of' softens the ban object without specifying which typesthe preamble defines gender-affirming care for the respondent, supplying information most items withhold
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 Form B / specific arm -- gender-affirming care described as 'psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries'
Next, we have a question about gender-affirming care, which refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.
(Asked of a half sample) Next, we have a question about gender affirming care, which refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender affirming care for minors?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: randomized half sample (specific description arm)names surgeries explicitly in the preambleasks about favoring a BAN, so 'oppose' is the pro-access responsebrackets the treatment list with the least invasive option first (psychological support), which cuts against the usual salience effect of naming surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 minors (no age threshold named); GENERIC treatment description - 'various treatments and medical procedures'; BAN framing; split-sample Form A
Next, we have a question about gender affirming care, which refers to various treatments and medical procedures that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.
Next, we have a question about gender affirming care, which refers to various treatments and medical procedures that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender affirming care for minors?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)the hedge 'certain types of' leaves the scope of the ban undefinedsupplies a neutral definition of gender-affirming care before askingno treatment namedno age threshold namedno parental-consent or physician context
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupYouth medical careMay 2024 – May 23, 2024 minors (no age threshold named); SPECIFIC treatments named - psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries; BAN framing; split-sample Form B
Next, we have a question about gender affirming care, which refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.
Next, we have a question about gender affirming care, which refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender affirming care for minors?
Base: gender-affirming care items were a split sample: two half samples of 512 adults each, MOE ±6 points
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)names three treatments including surgery, but brackets surgery with psychological support - the most sympathetic item in the list leads'certain types of' hedge retainedno age threshold named
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–22, 2024 satisfaction with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation (Mood of the Nation state-of-the-nation battery, asked of a random half sample)
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so.
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so. How about -- the acceptance of transgender people in the nation?
Somewhat satisfied
28%
Somewhat satisfied
28%
Very dissatisfied
27%
Very dissatisfied
27%
Somewhat dissatisfied
21%
Somewhat dissatisfied
21%
Very satisfied
8%
Very satisfied
8%
No opinion
16%
Don't know
12%
- Sample
- 1,011 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,011; the transgender item rests on the Form B half sample of 506, for which Gallup publishes no separate margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 96 subgroup figures
Base: The item was asked of Form B only. Gallup's January 2024 final topline gives the base as 'BASED ON ~506~ NATIONAL ADULTS IN FORM B' (unweighted n=506, weighted n=494) out of a full sample of 1,011. Gallup publishes no separate half-sample margin of error.
Wording notes: asked of a random half sample of the January Mood of the Nation samplesatisfaction framing collapses two opposite reasons for dissatisfaction (wanting more acceptance and wanting less) into a single 'dissatisfied' response, which Gallup itself disentangles only with the 2026 follow-upexplicit don't-know escape offered in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very satisfied
- Somewhat satisfied
- Somewhat dissatisfied
- Very dissatisfied
- No opinion
GallupContact & populationJan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 self-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: approximately 900 LGBTQ+ adults interviewed
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
- Something else
- No opinion / refused
GallupSportsparaphrasedMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 trans athletes - birth gender vs current gender identity teams
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes.
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes. Do you think transgender athletes -- [ROTATED: should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity (or) should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option offereddoes not distinguish level of sport
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
- Should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 moral acceptability of changing one's gender
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral questionembedded in a battery with adultery, cloning, polygamy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupContact & populationMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 whether the respondent personally knows someone who has told them they are transgender
Do you have any friends or relatives or coworkers who have told you, personally, that they are transgender?
Wording notes: requires disclosure to the respondent rather than mere acquaintance -- a stricter threshold than most 'do you know a transgender person' items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupSportsparaphrasedMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 trans athletes: birth gender teams vs. current gender identity teams (level of sport unspecified)
Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play only on sports teams that match their birth gender, or should they be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'uses 'transgender athletes' (not 'biological males')no middle option offeredlevel of sport not specified (not youth/collegiate/pro)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only sports teams that match their birth gender
- Sports teams that match their current gender identity
- No opinion
GallupIdentity beliefsApr 3–13, 2023 two-step measure, National Academies style, single selection (experimental version 3)
What sex were you assigned at birth, on your original birth certificate? / What is your current gender?
Base: four randomized experimental groups of roughly 5,700 each
Wording notes: single selection only - a trans woman must choose between 'Female' and 'Transgender''Two-spirit' offered to all respondents rather than only to Indigenous respondents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Sex at birth: Male; Female
- Current gender: Male; Female; Transgender; Two-spirit; I use a different term
GallupIdentity beliefsApr 3–13, 2023 two-step measure, select-all, with trans confirmation follow-up (experimental version 4)
What sex were you assigned at birth, on your original birth certificate? / Which one of the following best describes your gender? You may select all that apply.
Nonbinary
1%
Trans identity confirmed via follow-up item
0.6%
Trans or transgender (selected directly)
0.3%
- Sample
- 22,882 adults · ±1.3 percentage points per experimental group
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: four randomized experimental groups of roughly 5,700 each
Wording notes: select-all permits 'Woman' and 'Trans or transgender' togethera follow-up confirmation item was asked selectively of respondents whose sex at birth and gender did not match
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Sex at birth: Male; Female
- Gender (select all): Man; Woman; Trans or transgender; Nonbinary; I use a different term
GallupContact & populationJan 2023 – Dec 31, 2023 self-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.
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
- Something else
- No opinion / refused
GallupContact & populationJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 self-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.
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
GallupIdentity beliefsSep 2021 – Sep 17, 2021 gender self-report with binary-only options (experimental version 1)
What is your gender?
Base: three randomized experimental groups of roughly 12,000 each
Wording notes: binary-only options; no nonbinary or transgender category offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Prefer not to say
GallupMilitary serviceMay 3–18, 2021 allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military
Do you favor or oppose allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the military?
Wording notes: uses 'openly transgender men and women'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupSportsMay 3–18, 2021 trans athletes - birth gender vs current gender identity teams
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes.
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes. Do you think transgender athletes -- [ROTATED: should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity (or) should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'preamble establishes sex-segregated teams as the premiseresponse order rotatedno middle option offereddoes not distinguish youth, school, college or elite sport
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
- Should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
- No opinion
GallupContact & populationMay 3–18, 2021 personally knowing a transgender person
Do you have any friends or relatives or coworkers who have told you, personally, that they are transgender?
Wording notes: requires disclosure to the respondent ('have told you, personally')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 3–18, 2021 moral acceptability of changing one's gender
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral questionembedded in a battery alongside items such as adultery, cloning, polygamy and pornography'changing one's gender' is Gallup's phrasing, implying volitional change rather than identity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupSportsMay 3–18, 2021 trans athletes on teams matching gender identity vs. birth gender
Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity, or should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Teams that match current gender identity
- Only teams that match birth gender
- No opinion