As transgender rights move to the forefront of American politics, many people still maintain a complex set of views on gender identity. A new study from the Pew Research Center has found that a majority of Americans support laws protecting transgender people from discrimination, despite a rising share that believes gender is determined by the sex assigned at birth.
The survey of 10,188 US adults – which was conducted in May and published on Tuesday – revealed that 60 per cent of Americans believe a person’s gender is determined by their sex assigned at birth. The recent finding is a four per cent increase from 2021, and up from 54 per cent in 2017.
