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In the following questions a transgender person is someone who identifies as a different gender to their sex at birth, including people who identify as being non-binary. A transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.

Which of the following best reflects your view?

Wording notes: preamble defines transgender people in terms of birth sex

neutral — both alternatives stated symmetrically with an explicit 'not sure' option

Currently transgender people who wish to change their legal gender on official documents (e.g. birth certificate) have to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate. This requires someone to have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from one doctor and approval from a second doctor, provide evidence they have lived in their new gender for at least two years, and make a declaration they intend to live in their new gender for the rest of their life. The application is then approved or rejected by a panel of legal and medical professionals.

In principle, do you think it should or should not be made easier for transgender people to change their legal gender?

Wording notes: long preamble enumerating each existing safeguard before asking about relaxation

tilts_restrictive — the preamble lists the existing requirements in detail immediately before asking whether the process should be eased, which primes respondents on the safeguards that would be removed

In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman. A transgender man is someone who was biologically female at birth, but now identifies as a man.

Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Take part in women's sporting events?

Wording notes: preamble uses 'biologically male at birth'

neutral — symmetric should/should not with the preamble applied to all items in the battery

In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman.

Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Use women's toilets?

Wording notes: preamble uses 'biologically male at birth'

neutral — symmetric should/should not

In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman.

Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Use women's changing rooms?

Wording notes: preamble uses 'biologically male at birth'

neutral — symmetric should/should not

In the following questions a transgender woman is someone who was biologically male at birth, but now identifies as a woman.

Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to... Use women's refuges for victims of rape or assault (if they are a victim themselves)?

Wording notes: conditions the item on the trans woman being a victim herself

neutral — the parenthetical condition makes the scenario concrete and is applied evenhandedly

Do you think the following should or should not be available through the NHS for transgender people who wish to transition? Hormone treatment (i.e. taking hormones of the gender they identify as, which changes things like hair growth, fat and muscle distribution)

neutral — descriptive treatment definition, symmetric response set

Do you think the following should or should not be available through the NHS for transgender people who wish to transition? Gender reassignment surgery (e.g. breast or genital surgery)

neutral — descriptive treatment definition, symmetric response set

Thinking about treatments which may be made available to children aged under 16 who are transgender, do you think the following should or should not be allowed? Puberty blockers (i.e. medications that delay the onset of puberty)

Wording notes: uses 'children aged under 16'

neutral — treatment described in clinical terms, symmetric response set

Thinking about treatments which may be made available to children aged under 16 who are transgender, do you think the following should or should not be allowed? Hormone treatment (i.e. taking hormones of the gender they identify as, which changes things like hair growth, fat and muscle distribution)

Wording notes: uses 'children aged under 16'

neutral — treatment described in clinical terms, symmetric response set

Thinking about treatments which may be made available to children aged under 16 who are transgender, do you think the following should or should not be allowed? Gender reassignment surgery (e.g. breast or genital surgery)

Wording notes: uses 'children aged under 16'

neutral — treatment described in clinical terms, symmetric response set

Do you believe that allowing transgender women to use spaces reserved for women, such as women's toilets or changing rooms, does or does not present a genuine risk of harm to women?

Wording notes: introduces the concept of 'genuine risk of harm to women' into the item stem

loaded_terms — the stem supplies the harm frame itself; a respondent who had not thought in those terms is given the proposition to accept or reject rather than being asked open-endedly what concerns they have

Which of the following statements best reflects your view?

Wording notes: frames trans recognition as a potential threat to women's rights

loaded_terms — both options are phrased around 'risk to women's rights', so the conflict frame is presupposed by the answer set even though the two directions are stated symmetrically

Do you think that passports should or should not offer a "X" alternative for people who are non-binary?

neutral — symmetric should/should not

Would you support or oppose changing passports, so they no longer show people's sex or gender?

neutral — symmetric support/oppose

Do you personally know anyone who is transgender? Please select all that apply.

neutral — standard contact item