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NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Movement Advancement ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedMay 29, 2025 – Jun 13, 2025major life decisions taken since November 2024 in response to LGBTQ-related politics or laws
Since November 2024, the majority (57%) of LGBTQ people - including 84% of transgender and nonbinary people - have made significant life decisions or taken steps in response to LGBTQ-related politics or laws. These include considering or actually moving to a different state; considering or actually finding a different job; attempting to update legal name or gender markers on identity documents; crossing state lines to receive medical care, and much more.
Made significant life decisions or took steps in response to LGBTQ-related politics or laws
57%
Considered moving to a different state
25%
Taken steps to be less visible as an LGBTQ person in their community
24%
Joined or started participating in LGBTQ community or recreational opportunities
21%
Joined or started participating in LGBTQ advocacy or activism
20%
Considered finding a different job or place of work
18%
Taken steps to be more visible as an LGBTQ person in their community
18%
Actually changed jobs or workplaces since November 2024
11%
Actually moved to a different state since November 2024
5%
- Sample
- 1,055 LGBTQ adults 18+, with a transgender and nonbinary subsample · not published in the brief
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: 1,055 LGBTQ adults including 111 transgender and nonbinary adults. A subgroup of n=255 LGBTQ respondents who had moved or considered moving is used for the relocation-factors question.
Wording notes: battery covers only actions taken in response to politics, with no counterfactual or comparison population
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Movement Advancement ProjectSurveys of trans peopleparaphrasedMay 29, 2025 – Jun 13, 2025 negative experiences related to being LGBTQ since the November 2024 election
60% of LGBTQ people, including 82% of transgender and nonbinary people, report that they or an immediate family member have had at least one negative experience related to being LGBTQ since the November 2024 election... a majority of transgender and nonbinary respondents report that, since November 2024 alone, they or an immediate family member have been discriminated against or mistreated by another person due to being LGBTQ (56%), or have been harassed online about being LGBTQ (53%).
Base: 1,055 LGBTQ adults including 111 transgender and nonbinary adults. A subgroup of n=255 LGBTQ respondents who had moved or considered moving is used for the relocation-factors question.
Wording notes: combines the respondent and immediate family members into one referent, which raises the incidence relative to self-only items
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Movement Advancement ProjectPolitical salienceparaphrasedMay 29, 2025 – Jun 13, 2025 whether federal, state and local politics negatively impacted overall well-being in 2025
transgender and nonbinary people are more likely (84%) than LGBTQ people in general (73%) to report that state politics specifically harmed their well-being... while transgender and LGBTQ respondents overall report similar rates of being generally negatively impacted by federal politics this year (88% and 86%, respectively), 48% of transgender respondents say they were negatively impacted 'a lot' compared to 37% of all LGBTQ respondents.
Federal politics negatively impacted well-being 'a lot'
37%
Federal politics negatively impacted well-being (net) 86%State politics negatively impacted well-being (net) 73%
- Sample
- 1,055 LGBTQ adults 18+, with a transgender and nonbinary subsample · not published in the brief
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: 1,055 LGBTQ adults including 111 transgender and nonbinary adults. A subgroup of n=255 LGBTQ respondents who had moved or considered moving is used for the relocation-factors question.
Wording notes: asks only about negative impact, offering no route to report a positive or null effect other than the bottom of the scale
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- A little
- Not at all
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Identity beliefsApr 3, 2024 – Dec 2, 2024 GSS variable SEXBIRTH1 - sex recorded at birth; 2024 measurement change from SEXNOW1 to SEXNOW2 removed the 'transgender' response option
Was your sex recorded as male or female at birth?
Base: 3,309 completes from 13,900 lines of sample
Wording notes: binary-only response setpaired in 2024 with SEXNOW2 ('self-reported sex') rather than the 2018-2022 SEXNOW1 item that offered a 'transgender' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesContact & populationJan 18–26, 2024 knowing someone who has come out as trans or nonbinary
Do you have any friends, or relatives, or co-workers who have told you, personally, that they identify as any of the following? Transgender or nonbinary
No
69%
Yes
27%
Skipped/refused
5%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: asked as a grid alongside 'gay or lesbian' and 'bisexual'requires that the person told the respondent personally, a stricter test than generic 'do you know'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesNondiscriminationJan 18–26, 2024 laws protecting trans and nonbinary people against job discrimination
Do you favor or oppose laws to protect each of the following against job discrimination? Transgender or nonbinary people
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 5 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: grid asked with parallel items for gay or lesbian people and bisexual people, allowing a within-battery gap measureno middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesGeneral acceptanceJan 18–26, 2024 willingness to vote for a transgender or nonbinary congressional candidate
If your party nominated a well-qualified person for Congress, and you heard that they were any of the following, would that make you more likely to vote for that candidate, or less likely, or wouldn't it make any difference one way or the other? Transgender or nonbinary
Would not make a difference
59%
Less likely to vote for the candidate
33%
More likely to vote for the candidate
7%
Skipped/refused
1%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: classic Gallup-style 'well-qualified nominee of your own party' constructionparallel items for gay or lesbian and bisexual candidates in the same grid
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely to vote for the candidate
- Less likely to vote for the candidate
- Would not make a difference
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether government pays too much or too little attention to trans and nonbinary people
Do you think the government is paying too much attention, is paying about the right amount, or isn't paying enough attention to each of the following? Transgender or nonbinary people
Too much attention
48%
The right amount of attention
28%
Not enough attention
21%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: parallel items for gay or lesbian people and bisexual people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Too much attention
- The right amount of attention
- Not enough attention
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 attributed cause of gender not matching sex assigned at birth
In your opinion, why do some people feel their gender does not match the sex they're assigned at birth?
They are born that way
46%
They are influenced by society
29%
It is a lifestyle choice
24%
Skipped on web/refused
1%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: only three explanations offered, with no 'some combination' or 'other' optiondirectly parallel to Q12A about same-sex attraction, which allows comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- They are born that way
- They are influenced by society
- It is a lifestyle choice
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesGeneral acceptanceJan 18–26, 2024 approval of trans and nonbinary people living their lives as they wish
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Do you approve or disapprove of each of the following living their lives as they wish? People who are transgender or nonbinary
Approve 67%31% Disapprove
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: no middle optionparallel items for gay or lesbian people and bisexual people in the same grid'living their lives as they wish' is a broad, non-specific stimulus
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether increased political and media attention on trans people is good for society
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
In recent years, more political and media attention has been focused on transgender and nonbinary people. Do you think this is a good thing for society, a bad thing for society, or neither a good nor bad thing for society?
A bad thing for society
40%
A good thing for society
16%
Neither
42%
Skipped on web/refused
1%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: premise stated as fact in the stemexplicit 'neither' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A good thing for society
- A bad thing for society
- Neither
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether increased attention has been supportive of the trans community
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
On balance, how supportive or unsupportive do you think the increased political and media attention on transgender and nonbinary people has been for their community?
Somewhat supportive
38%
Somewhat unsupportive
25%
Mostly supportive
18%
Mostly unsupportive
17%
Skipped on web/refused
2%
Mostly/somewhat supportive (NET) 56%Mostly/somewhat unsupportive (NET) 42%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: no midpointnotable divergence between the general public and LGBTQ+ adults, who answer in the opposite direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Mostly supportive
- Somewhat supportive
- Somewhat unsupportive
- Mostly unsupportive
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans/nonbinary identity is real or 'just a phase', by age group: Young children
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Thinking about each of the following groups who identify as transgender or nonbinary, do you believe... Young children
It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
38%
It's just a phase most of the time
22%
It's always just a phase
20%
It's their true identity most of the time
13%
It's always their true identity
6%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: 'just a phase' is a delegitimizing frame supplied by the pollster as one poleno neutral 'don't know enough' option other than item nonresponseage of the trans person is the experimental variable across three items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- It's always their true identity
- It's their true identity most of the time
- It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
- It's just a phase most of the time
- It's always just a phase
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans/nonbinary identity is real or 'just a phase', by age group: Teenagers
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Thinking about each of the following groups who identify as transgender or nonbinary, do you believe... Teenagers
It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
37%
It's just a phase most of the time
22%
It's their true identity most of the time
19%
It's always just a phase
14%
It's always their true identity
7%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: 'just a phase' is a delegitimizing frame supplied by the pollster as one poleno neutral 'don't know enough' option other than item nonresponseage of the trans person is the experimental variable across three items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- It's always their true identity
- It's their true identity most of the time
- It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
- It's just a phase most of the time
- It's always just a phase
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesIdentity beliefsJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans/nonbinary identity is real or 'just a phase', by age group: Adults
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Thinking about each of the following groups who identify as transgender or nonbinary, do you believe... Adults
It's their true identity most of the time
31%
It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
27%
It's always their true identity
21%
It's just a phase most of the time
10%
It's always just a phase
9%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: 'just a phase' is a delegitimizing frame supplied by the pollster as one poleno neutral 'don't know enough' option other than item nonresponseage of the trans person is the experimental variable across three items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- It's always their true identity
- It's their true identity most of the time
- It's sometimes their true identity and sometimes just a phase
- It's just a phase most of the time
- It's always just a phase
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesPolitical salienceJan 18–26, 2024 whether trans issues are a real priority or a political distraction
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Issues regarding transgender and nonbinary people have come up in many states in the past few years. Which comes closer to your view?
Elected officials are mostly using debates over transgender and nonbinary people to distract attention from more pressing priorities.
77%
Issues regarding transgender people are an important priority for elected officials.
21%
Skipped/refused
2%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: the two alternatives are not logical opposites - one is about importance, the other about elected officials' motivesthe 'distract' option is considerably longer and more elaborated than the 'priority' optionno middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Issues regarding transgender people are an important priority for elected officials.
- Elected officials are mostly using debates over transgender and nonbinary people to distract attention from more pressing priorities.
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesYouth medical careJan 18–26, 2024 state laws on gender-affirming care: ban minors
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Gender affirming care can include gender-affirming surgeries, puberty blockers for teenagers, and hormone treatments. Do you favor or oppose each of the following? State laws that prevent a child younger than 18 who identifies as transgender or nonbinary from receiving gender-affirming medical care when the parents, the child and their doctors believe that medical treatments are appropriate
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: preamble defines gender-affirming care as including surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone treatmentsno middle optionstipulates that parents, the child and doctors all agree the treatment is appropriate, which removes the consent controversy from the framerestrictive-direction item: 'favor' is the restrictive answer
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesParental rightsJan 18–26, 2024 whether schools should tell parents a teenager identifies as trans against the student's wishes
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
If a teenager tells a teacher or other school personnel that they identify as transgender or nonbinary but they do not want to tell their parents, which comes closest to your opinion on how the school should respond?
The school should respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
42%
The school should always tell the parents, regardless of the student's wishes.
28%
The school should tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
15%
The school should always respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents.
12%
Skipped/refused
3%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 10 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four graded options rather than a binary, which separates absolutists from those who allow exceptionsthe stem explicitly states the student does not want the parents told, which foregrounds the student's autonomy interest
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The school should always tell the parents, regardless of the student's wishes.
- The school should tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
- The school should respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents except in rare circumstances.
- The school should always respect the student's wishes and not tell the parents.
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSchool policyJan 18–26, 2024 whether local schools do too much or too little to accept trans students
[HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Do you believe that schools in your area are doing too much to accept transgender and nonbinary students, too little to accept transgender and nonbinary students, or are they already doing the right amount?
The right amount
44%
Too much
28%
Too little
25%
Skipped/refused
3%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: localized to 'schools in your area', which respondents may know little aboutexplicit 'right amount' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Too much
- Too little
- The right amount
- DON'T KNOW
- SKIPPED ON WEB/REFUSED
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender girls being allowed to compete on girls' teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender girls being allowed to compete on girls' teams in sports
Never
50%
In most cases
19%
In rare cases
16%
Always
12%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 66%Always/in most cases (NET) 31%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender women being allowed to compete on women's teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender women being allowed to compete on women's teams in sports
Never
52%
In most cases
17%
In rare cases
17%
Always
11%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 69%Always/in most cases (NET) 29%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender boys being allowed to compete on boys' teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender boys being allowed to compete on boys' teams in sports
Never
45%
In most cases
24%
Always
18%
In rare cases
11%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 56%Always/in most cases (NET) 41%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 13 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for The Los Angeles TimesSportsJan 18–26, 2024 athletic participation: Transgender men being allowed to compete on men's teams in sports
[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]
Should each of the following be allowed always, in most cases, in rare cases, or never? Transgender men being allowed to compete on men's teams in sports
Never
45%
In most cases
22%
Always
17%
In rare cases
13%
Skipped/refused
3%
Never/in rare cases (NET) 58%Always/in most cases (NET) 39%
- Sample
- 1,624 adults, with oversamples of California residents and LGBTQ+ adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level among all adults, including the design effect; +/- 4.5 points among California residents; +/- 8.3 points among LGBTQ+ adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national, with a California oversample
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 13 subgroup figures
Base: 1,619 completed via the web and 5 by telephone. Includes 775 California residents (+/- 4.5 pts) and 313 LGBTQ+ adults (+/- 8.3 pts). 77 interviews were removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting. The LGBTQ+ subgroup is not a trans-only sample; it combines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer respondents.
Wording notes: four-point always/never scale rather than a binary, which captures conditional permissivenessgrid items randomized; response order reversed for half the samplebattery covers trans boys and men as well as trans girls and women, which most sports items omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always
- In most cases
- In rare cases
- Never
- DK
- SKP/REF
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Los Angeles TimesYouth medical careparaphraseddata flagJan 18–26, 2024 minors; PROTECTIVE-LAW framing - support for state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care, rather than laws that ban it
[Are you in favor of] state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care for minors
Base: Reported as 'more than 1,600 Americans'; exact n not published in the write-up retrieved.
Wording notes: PROTECTIVE framing (favor = permit) - the reverse polarity of nearly every other item in this fileumbrella term, no treatment namedstate-law scopeno age threshold beyond 'minors'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for Los Angeles TimesYouth medical careparaphrasedJan 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 minors; PROTECTIVE-LAW framing - support for state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care, rather than laws that ban it
[Are you in favor of] state laws that protect access to gender-affirming care for minors
Base: Reported as 'more than 1,600 Americans'; exact n not published in the write-up retrieved.
Wording notes: PROTECTIVE framing (favor = permit) - the reverse polarity of nearly every other item in this fileumbrella term, no treatment namedstate-law scopeno age threshold beyond 'minors'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022 AGES 10-14; gender-affirming COUNSELING OR THERAPY; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause
Do you (support) or (oppose) trans children between the ages of 10 and 14 having access to gender-affirming counseling or therapy under medical supervision?
Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit narrow age band 10-14'under medical supervision' clause supplies a clinical safeguardcalls the population 'trans children'support/oppose terms rotated in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022 AGES 10-14; PUBERTY-BLOCKING MEDICATION; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause
Do you (support) or (oppose) trans children between the ages of 10 and 14 having access to puberty-blocking medication under medical supervision?
Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit narrow age band 10-14'under medical supervision' clausenames puberty-blocking medication specifically
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022 AGES 15-17; gender-affirming COUNSELING OR THERAPY; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause
Do you (support) or (oppose) trans teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 17, having access to gender-affirming counseling or therapy under medical supervision?
Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit age band 15-17'under medical supervision' clausecalls the population 'trans teenagers' rather than 'children'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022 AGES 15-17; HORMONAL TREATMENTS; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause
Do you (support) or (oppose) trans teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 17, having access to hormonal treatments under medical supervision?
Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit age band 15-17'under medical supervision' clausenames hormonal treatments specificallyno surgery item was asked for minors
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationMay 5, 2022 – Dec 20, 2022 GSS variable SEXNOW1 - self-described current sex/gender; transgender self-identification prevalence
Do you describe yourself as male, female, or transgender?
Base: includes an AmeriSpeak panel component incorporated through the WTSSNRPS_AS weight
Wording notes: 'transgender' offered as a mutually exclusive alternative to male/female
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- None of these
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationMay 5, 2022 – Dec 20, 2022 GSS variable PTNRSXNOW - gender of respondent's most recent sexual partner
To the best of your knowledge, does your most recent sexual partner describe themselves as male, female, or transgender?
Base: includes an AmeriSpeak panel component incorporated through the WTSSNRPS_AS weight
Wording notes: proxy report about a third party
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- A gender not listed here
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationMay 5, 2022 – Dec 20, 2022 GSS Next variable NONBINKIDS - parents reporting a transgender or non-binary biological child
Are any of your biological children transgender or non-binary?
Base: includes an AmeriSpeak panel component incorporated through the WTSSNRPS_AS weight
Wording notes: asked only on the GSS Next follow-on; requires the GSS Next-specific weights WTSSPS_NEXT or WTSSNRPS_NEXTcollapses transgender and non-binary into one category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationDec 2020 – May 3, 2021 GSS variable SEXNOW1 - self-described current sex/gender; transgender self-identification prevalence
Do you describe yourself as male, female, or transgender?
Wording notes: 'transgender' offered as a mutually exclusive alternative to male/femaleasked of all respondents beginning with the 2020 GSS
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- None of these
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationdata flag— GSS variable SEXNOW - current gender (second half of the two-step measure); 2018 prevalence of transgender/alternative gender identification
What is your current gender?
Base: 1,409 respondents completed the self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) in which the two new gender-identity items were placed; the full 2018 GSS cross-section was larger
Wording notes: 'Transgender' offered as an alternative to 'Woman'/'Man' rather than as a cross-cutting status
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Woman
- Man
- Transgender
- A gender not listed here (please specify:__________________)