Recent article analysis: New poll shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose anti-transgender laws

  • 115 bills have been proposed limiting transgender rights by 30 state legislatures
  • According to PBS Newshour/NPR/Marist poll, about two-thirds of Americans are against these laws
  • When it comes to bills that limit access to gender-affirming care for young trans people, roughly 70% of Democrats and Republicans oppose them
  • Higher support for criminalizing providing gender-transition care to minors amongst Republicans (38%) vs. Democrats (19%). Forty-two percent of people who supported Donald Trump in the 2020 election stated that they supported criminalization.