school bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students
Do you think school-aged children who believe they are transgendered - that is, someone who identifies themselves as the sex or gender different from the one they were born as - should they be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their preferred gender or should they have to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they were born as?
Born as
59%
Preferred gender
26%
Don't know/No answer
15%
Wording notes: uses 'believe they are transgendered' | uses the dated term 'transgendered' | 'preferred gender' framing implies preference rather than identity
loaded_terms — 'children who believe they are transgendered' and 'preferred gender' both frame gender identity as belief or preference; the two response alternatives are otherwise symmetric and both are stated.
Subgroup figures (20)
party
| Group | Born as | Preferred gender |
|---|---|---|
| Republicans | 71% | 16% |
| Democrats | 56% | 33% |
| Independents | 55% | 26% |
ideology
| Group | Born as | Preferred gender |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 50% | 42% |
| Moderate | 55% | 27% |
| Conservative | 69% | 16% |
gender
| Group | Born as | Preferred gender |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 62% | 23% |
| Women | 56% | 29% |
age
| Group | Born as | Preferred gender |
|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 49% | 35% |
| 30+ | 61% | 23% |