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Morning Consult
U.S. Perspectives on Issues Impacting the LGBTQ+ Community · Apr 12–14, 2023 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Morning Consult commercial
- Sponsor
- The Trevor Project
- Commissioned by
- The Trevor Project
- Fielded
- Apr 12–14, 2023
- Population
- adults (results broken out for parents vs. non-parents)
- Sample size
- 2,200
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- Morning Consult online panel
- Mode
- online interviews; weighted to a target sample of adults on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region
- Margin of error
- ±2 percentage points
- Weighting
- weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- Parent/non-parent breaks published for most items; weighted Ns shown for demographic cells (Gen Z n=216, Dem n=935, Rep n=618)
Sources
Verification note. Wording and percentages read directly from the Trevor Project / Morning Consult polling deck (PDF text extracted locally).
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (5)
Contact & populationmultiple response
personally knowing a transgender or non-binary person
Do you personally know someone (such as a family member, friend, colleague, neighbor, etc.) who identifies as the following?
Knows someone transgender - Yes
29%
Knows someone non-binary - Yes
20%
neutral — straightforward contact item with a 'don't understand this term' escape
Subgroup figures (5)
General acceptance4-point scale
comfort if own child came out as transgender or non-binary
Some people describe themselves as transgender and/or non-binary when they believe their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth, or what is on their original birth certificate.
Some people describe themselves as transgender and/or non-binary when they believe their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth, or what is on their original birth certificate. How comfortable, if at all, would you be if your child came out to you as one of the following LGBTQ identities?
Total comfortable if child came out as non-binary
48%
Total comfortable if child came out as transgender
47%
Wording notes: definitional preamble supplied by the pollster
neutral — balanced comfort scale with an explicit no-opinion option
Subgroup figures (4)
Pronouns & language4-point scale
comfort if own child used they/them pronouns
Some people use they/them or other gender-neutral pronouns to express their gender identity rather than he/him or she/her pronouns.
Some people use they/them or other gender-neutral pronouns to express their gender identity rather than he/him or she/her pronouns. How comfortable, if at all, would you be if your child started using they/them pronouns?
Somewhat comfortable
26%
Very comfortable
20%
Total comfortable 46%Total uncomfortable 40%
neutral — balanced scale, neutral definitional preamble
Subgroup figures (5)
Youth medical careagree/disagree
puberty blockers, hormone therapy, parental authority, school name/pronoun use and bathroom access for trans minors
Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? [Transgender students should be allowed to use the bathroom that they feel the most comfortable and safe in / Transgender minors should have access to puberty blockers if it's recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents / Transgender minors should have access to hormone therapy if it's recommended by their doctor and supported by their parents / Transgender students should be able to choose their names and pronouns used at school / Parents, not politicians, should have the ultimate say over whether or not their child receives transgender medical care]
Parents, not politicians, should have the ultimate say - total agree
69%
Trans students should be able to choose their names and pronouns used at school - total agree
54%
Trans minors should have access to hormone therapy if recommended by doctor and supported by parents - total agree
53%
Trans minors should have access to puberty blockers if recommended by doctor and supported by parents - total agree
50%
Trans students should be allowed to use the bathroom they feel most comfortable and safe in - total agree
47%
Bathroom item - total disagree
37%
Puberty blockers item - total disagree
33%
Trans students choose names/pronouns at school - total disagree
31%
Hormone therapy item - total disagree
31%
Parents, not politicians - total disagree
16%
Wording notes: medical items condition on both doctor recommendation and parental support | 'Parents, not politicians' is an advocacy-style frame
tilts_affirming — the puberty-blocker and hormone items build in doctor recommendation and parental support, which raises support relative to unconditioned wordings; 'Parents, not politicians' is a slogan frame
Parental rights4-point scale
willingness to take supportive actions if own child came out as transgender or non-binary
How willing, if at all, would you be to take any of the following actions to support your child if they came out as transgender or non-binary?
Stand up for them if they are being mistreated due to their gender identity - total willing
79%
Talk with them respectfully about their gender identity - total willing
79%
Be welcoming and kind to their LGBTQ friends or partner - total willing
75%
Educate yourself about transgender and non-binary people - total willing
73%
Encourage other family members or friends to respect their gender identity - total willing
71%
Use their chosen name and pronouns correctly - total willing
69%
Support their gender expression through physical appearance, clothing, hairstyles, behavior - total willing
69%
Find a faith community that affirms and respects their gender identity - total willing
64%
Not vote for political candidates that support anti-transgender policies - total willing
64%
Take them to LGBTQ-related events or celebrations - total willing
61%
Wording notes: all listed actions are supportive; no unsupportive options offered
tilts_affirming — the response set contains only affirming actions, so the item measures intensity of support rather than direction
Subgroup figures (6)