share of U.S. adults who describe themselves as trans or transgender
Asked in the demographic block, immediately after RGENDER ('(IF PHONE: Just to confirm,) Do you describe yourself as a man, a woman, or in some other way?') and before the LGBQ sexual-orientation item
Do you currently describe yourself as trans or transgender?
No
98%
Yes
2%
Wording notes: two-step gender measure: current gender description asked first, trans status second | rounded to whole percentages, so the published value carries substantial rounding error at a base rate of 1-2 percent | combined with the LGBQ item into KFF's LGBT_Total / LGBTQ_TOT summary variable
neutral — standard two-step self-identification screener; the phone-mode 'just to confirm' preface on the preceding gender item is a mode accommodation rather than a cue