A clear majority of Americans support equal rights and protections for trans people, according to new survey data released to mark Transgender Day of Visibility, despite ongoing political debates and legislative challenges across the United States.
The polling, conducted in February 2026 for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation by research
Nothing about the % of Americans who think trans people should be able to play HS sports on their new gender.
Because that’s like 45%.
Or who think trans youth should have access to gender affirming care, which is similarly low.
And those are the issues that the GOP is hammering, because they know it.
We have to get the spotlight off these issues we got ahead of public perception and there is a cost for that - a whole generation of trans people denied rights (I am less interested in sports than I am gender affirming care, which is hugely important for trans youth).
You can see trans folks realizing this… like 1/2 of the plaintiffs for the sports case that made it to SCOTUS thought the suit should be dropped before it got that far, because they realized it was going to go the wrong way.
It’s time to be more strategic until/if the GOP gets out of power, so we stop kneecapping ourselves.
Nothing about the % of Americans who think trans people should be able to play HS sports on their new gender.
Because that’s like 45%.
Or who think trans youth should have access to gender affirming care, which is similarly low.
And those are the issues that the GOP is hammering, because they know it.
We have to get the spotlight off these issues we got ahead of public perception and there is a cost for that - a whole generation of trans people denied rights (I am less interested in sports than I am gender affirming care, which is hugely important for trans youth).
You can see trans folks realizing this… like 1/2 of the plaintiffs for the sports case that made it to SCOTUS thought the suit should be dropped before it got that far, because they realized it was going to go the wrong way.
It’s time to be more strategic until/if the GOP gets out of power, so we stop kneecapping ourselves.