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Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender Issues
Most Americans say they would favor laws that would protect transgender people from discrimination in jobs, housing and public spaces
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- Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender Issues
- Most favor protecting trans people from discrimination, even as growing share say gender is determined by sex at birth
- Young adults, Democrats more likely to say society hasn’t gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender
- Views of laws and policies related to transgender issues differ widely by party
- Majority of U.S. adults say gender is determined by sex assigned at birth
- More than four-in-ten U.S. adults say science has influenced their views of gender and sex at least a fair amount
- U.S. adults with different viewpoints on gender and sex say their opinions have been influenced by different factors
- Most Americans say there is at least some discrimination against trans people in the U.S.
- Plurality of Americans say there is little or no societal acceptance of transgender people
- Public is divided over whether society has gone too far or not far enough in accepting transgender people
- Nearly half of adults say it’s important to use someone’s new name if they change their name as part of a gender transition
- People who know a trans person place more importance on using a person’s new name, pronouns if they transition
- Chart showing More than four-in-ten Americans say societal views on gender identity are changing too quickly
- Liberal Democrats are more likely than other groups to be following news about bills related to trans people closely
- Most Americans say they would favor laws that would protect transgender people from discrimination in jobs, housing and public spaces
- Views of laws and policies related to transgender issues differ by age
- About four-in-ten or more say forms and government documents should offer options other than ‘male’ and ‘female’
- Views on children learning about people who are trans or nonbinary at school differ by party, children’s age
- American Trends Panel recruitment surveys
- Invitation and reminder dates
- Weighting dimensions
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