Published by Pew Research Center

Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people in recent years

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More Americans now say they favor or strongly favor laws and policies that:

  • Ban health care professionals from providing care related to gender transitions for minors (up 10 percentage points)
  • Require trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex at birth (up 8 points)
  • Require trans people to use public bathrooms that match their sex at birth (up 8 points)
  • Make it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools (up 6 points)

At the same time, fewer Americans now express support for laws and policies that:

  • Protect trans people from discrimination (down 8 points since 2022)
  • Require health insurance companies to cover medical care for gender transitions (down 5 points)