online opt-insurvey of transgender people, not of the public
Data for Progress
Data for Progress Transgender Day of Visibility survey, March 2025 (transgender adult sample) · Mar 14–21, 2025 · US national
Not a public-opinion poll. This surveys transgender people about their own lives, mostly
through nonprobability community samples. It describes a population and is not comparable with polls of the general public.
Methodology
- Pollster
- Data for Progress advocacy_left
- Sponsor
- Data for Progress
- Fielded
- Mar 14–21, 2025
- Population
- transgender adults
- Sample size
- 111
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- not disclosed
- Mode
- online - web panel respondents, English only
- Margin of error
- ±9 percentage points
- Weighting
- weighted to be representative of the adult transgender population by age, gender, race, and education
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- Standalone tabulation of the 111 transgender adults interviewed in the same fielding as the 1,636-adult national sample; weighted separately to the adult transgender population.
Sources
Verification note. Toplines read directly from pages 1-2 of the DFP TDOV 2025 tabs PDF. DFP explicitly declined to publish subgroup breaks for this sample because of its size.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (4)
emotional response to anti-LGBTQ+ politics
Which of the following describe how you feel about recent anti-LGBTQ+ politics and rhetoric? Please select all that apply.
Angry
55%
Anxious
53%
Depressed
49%
Stressed
48%
Sad
39%
Hopeful
9%
Skeptical
9%
Optimistic
1%
Indifferent
1%
Happy
0%
None of the above
4%
Wording notes: response list is weighted toward negative affect (5 negative, 3 positive, 2 neutral) | 'anti-LGBTQ+ politics and rhetoric' is asserted as a premise
tilts_affirming — the stem presupposes that recent politics are anti-LGBTQ+ and the checklist offers more negative than positive descriptors
mental-health impact of anti-LGBTQ+ policies
How have recent anti-LGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric impacted your mental health, if at all?
Somewhat negative impact
44%
Very negative impact
41%
No impact
9%
Somewhat positive impact
4%
Very positive impact
1%
NEGATIVE IMPACT (TOTAL) 85%POSITIVE IMPACT (TOTAL) 5%
Wording notes: 'if at all' and a 'No impact' option are offered, which mitigates the presupposition
neutral — symmetric positive/negative scale with an explicit no-impact escape
considering leaving community or state
In the past year, have you considered moving out of your community or state as a result of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation?
Yes, have considered moving
52%
No, have not considered moving
41%
Have already moved
0%
Not sure
7%
Wording notes: attributes the reason for moving inside the response options
neutral — specific behavioral item with a clear time frame and a no option
experiences of discrimination and care disruption in the past year
Have you experienced any of the following as a result of anti-transgender policies and rhetoric in the last year? Please select all that apply.
Heard anti-transgender remarks from a family, friend, coworker, or neighbor
49%
Was intentionally misgendered
41%
Did not feel safe going to the doctor or hospital when sick or injured out of fear of discrimination or mistreatment
27%
Had difficulty using legal documents with updated gender marker
14%
Had difficulty trying to update the gender marker on legal documents
13%
Had to wait excessive amounts of time before receiving gender-affirming medical care
11%
Been forced to move or travel out of state to receive gender-affirming medical care
5%
Been forced to go to a new provider in state to receive gender-affirming medical care
5%
Had gender-affirming medical care fully discontinued
4%
Had an appointment for gender-affirming medical care cancelled
4%
Wording notes: stem attributes causation to 'anti-transgender policies and rhetoric' | no 'none of the above' shown in the published tabulation
tilts_affirming — the stem asks respondents to attribute the experiences to anti-trans policy, which conflates occurrence with cause