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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I mean.. I love this news, but look at Kansas and Idaho just in the last couple weeks. The people in power don't feel like this, and things are getting really grim for us, really fast. Acceptance is -wonderful-, but action is -needed-.

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SubstantialSeesaw374 Apr 1, 2026 +1

It’s an extinction burst. It was the same with gay people a few decades ago, then suddenly 90% of it just stopped. There are always going to be some worthless states of worthless people doing worthless things.

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Porchsmoker Apr 1, 2026 +1

Extinction bursts are great for what comes next, but there’s real danger where you’re in the middle of it.

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SubstantialSeesaw374 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Oh yeah I know. At this point I’m trying to decide whether to go innawoods or to Portugal for a few years.

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LilTeats4u Apr 1, 2026 +1

Stay right where you are and vote like crazy everywhere you can, that’s how extinction bursts *stay* extinction bursts

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drdoom52 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Right! People need to remember that Germany was actually reasonably progressive in a lot of areas before the Nazis came to power. One of the first things the Nazis destroyed was the center for transgender research. Just because we're moving forward doesn't mean we can't suddenly move backward violently.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I really, really hope that you're right. That this is the darkness before the dawn. It's a hard thing to have faith in when the threat is becoming actually lethal to a lot of my trans brothers and sisters.

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thinkards Apr 1, 2026 +1

we can't afford to rely on faith. it looks like republicans are at the point of no return from full on fascism. looks like if they have to face another election or two (hopefully) they will be out on their asses. then we have another battle with milquetoast dems who are afraid of their own shadows. we need so many more mamdani's and aoc's in congress in order to ever ratchet back in the opposite direction (left). to me, that's almost the larger battle. we gotta turn the dem party back into a fierce party of the people.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I think that's where we have to start if we want things to get better, yeah.

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Tricky-Gemstone Apr 1, 2026 +1

I truly hope so.

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dcdttu Apr 1, 2026 +1

Seeing that this one is happening in lock-step with the rise of fascism, I am kind of worried....but I hope you're right.

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iRusski Apr 1, 2026 +1

I live in Iowa. We used to be near the top in education and have plummeted to something like 38th in the country. When Trump came here to speak a couple of months ago and I saw the crowd of aesthetically stereotypical "hogs" behind him, the reality of how far we've fallen really sank in. I imagine a lot of trans folks in red states feel like they're in the lion's den, so to speak, and that must be terrifying.

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SubstantialSeesaw374 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah I feel bad for anyone outside of the coasts.

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jemappellejimbo Apr 1, 2026 +1

this is cope. Just like “wait until this generation dies for…”. Its not going anywhere - anti trans and anti immigrant were the most effective ads in 24 election. The hatred wont just go away without education and acknowledgement.

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SubstantialSeesaw374 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I don’t know. I lived through it for gay people and it feels the same. There was a flurry of stupid state-level laws around then too. But maybe it isn’t.

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HauntingHarmony Apr 1, 2026 +1

> It was the same with gay people a few decades ago, then suddenly 90% of it just stopped. But it didnt stop, it changed into this. They lost "the gay war", since it took its time, with first "dont ask dont tell" and then gradually when the battle had been won culturally, then the scotus thing happend. But the organisations that where anti gay didnt go away, they didnt disband. They just picked a new target. Transsexualism used to be uncontroversial even among bigots on the right, since ofcourse there are some people who are born one sex but really are another. (Not that it was a dance on roses). Then when "trans" become a thing when society became more open minded and people started being more gender nonconforming, then that was a natural target. and transsexuals got caught in the crossfire.

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Selgeron Apr 1, 2026 +1

It was never 'uncontroversial' they just didn't know trans people existed, and if they did they were never expected to treat them as 'normal'. That expectation is what they are fighting against tooth and nail.

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Rhysati Apr 1, 2026 +1

Transgender individuals. Not transexual. That term is dated and often considered rude and used by people against our rights. It's also incorrect, which is why it was changed. Gender and sex are two entirely different things and trans people aren't identifying as a different sex. They are identifying as a different gender.

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Like_a_Zubat Apr 1, 2026 +1

I partially disagree. While it can be used rudely or to diminish trans ppl who haven't gotten medical transition, I like the term transsexual: I am identifying as a different sex. I've changed it through both hormone treatment and surgery; it's just inaccurate to claim that I still have a female sex. There's not really any of that left lmao. Though you're right, in that the history is suspect at best, and a cis person should probably be using transgender instead esp when speaking generally.

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Ok-Conversation2707 Apr 1, 2026 +1

It’s not an extinction burst. The findings from this Human Rights Campaign poll are similar to what other polls have shown for years: the vast majority of Americans believe everyone should have basic protections against discrimination in education, employment, and healthcare. On nearly all of the specific issues that Republicans legislate — e.g., athletics, prisons, GAC for minors, tax-payer funded GAC for adults, IDs, parental notification, sex-segregated spaces, etc. — public opinion remains broadly aligned with the GOPs positions.

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Desperate-Till-9228 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trump is the extinction burst for Boomer political power. All down hill from here.

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fishmanprime Apr 1, 2026 +1

I dont think most people truly realize the rub about being a minority in representative democracy, it means you'll never on your own have a majority vote for political representation. This means people who are against you merely need to keep people in the majority group from voting against their political aims, and your rights get quietly eroded. Its great the majority arent against Trans rights. however, unless they're willing to stick their neck out for you truly, and treat any assault on your rights as an assault on their own and similarly unacceptable, then it doesn't really mean much how they feel about you. They havent pulled you from the cliff at their own risk, they merely wouldn't be the one who pushes you. The real test of their support is whether they will step to the edge to make sure nobody dares imperil you.

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TwilightBubble Apr 1, 2026 +1

All these people telling trans folks to build their own bathrooms, sports, save spaces, etc have never once thought of the practicalities of doing so as 1% of the population.

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fishmanprime Apr 1, 2026 +1

And thats literally just within the context of being a minority human in a group of humans. Toss that under a thick layer of capitalism and suddenly the logistics of 1% of people carving out a space for themselves has to also consider remaining profitable among a financial environment full of space immediately catering to 99% of the population. At least, profitable enough to cover overhead and continue existing. Its always the most sickeningly hilarious in the discourse and backlash of queer characters 'shoehorned' into entertainment. Some cistraight people cannot seem to stomach witnessing a single character that they cannot relate to on the level of romance or gender experience, and will decry it as an offense to them and unnecessary. Without a single empathetic consideration to what an individual's relationship to media might be like when ALL characters have been like that. I could go on, but the almost intentional oblivion and near disdain for trying to really understand the difficulties of being Trans, or queer, or any minority for that matter, is endlessly frustrating.

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TeaSipper88 Apr 1, 2026 +1

In a true democracy, where the citizens are treating it responsibly, it wouldn't be as simple as a majority rule. As citizens, we are supposed to hold our democracy so dear that we recognize that any minority, no matter how small, is entitled to representation in government. To not recognize any citizens right to representation is to put our own rights for representation in peril. Our own bias (particularly ones rooted in religion) shouldn't override the ideals of the nation. Or we'll lose it to fascism. It's literally the "First They Came For..." poem. >All democracies are systems in which citizens freely make political decisions by majority rule. In the words of American essayist E.B. White: "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half the people are right more than half the time." > But majority rule, by itself, is not automatically democratic. No one, for example, would call a system fair or just that permitted 51 percent of the population to oppress the remaining 49 percent in the name of the majority. In a democratic society, majority rule must be coupled with guarantees of individual human rights that, in turn, serve to protect the rights of minorities and dissenters—whether ethnic, religious, or simply the losers in political debate. The rights of minorities do not depend upon the goodwill of the majority and cannot be eliminated by majority vote. The rights of minorities are protected because democratic laws and institutions protect the rights of all citizens. > Minorities need to trust the government to protect their rights and safety. Once this is accomplished, such groups can participate in, and contribute to their country’s democratic institutions. The principle of majority rule and minority rights characterizes all modern democracies, no matter how varied in history, culture, population, and economy. https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Democracy_in_Brief/01%3A_Chapters/1.02%3A_Characteristics_of_Democracy

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superanth Apr 1, 2026 +1

It disgusts me that they think that any sort of personal preference excludes them from the rights of the Constitution. I loved how when they tried to run that past the Supreme Court it was Roberts who pretty much said "F-ck off!"

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

Thank you, but I'd like to take a moment to correct something. Being trans? It's not a personal preference. It isn't a choice, not in -any- way. We're born trans. While we don't know exactly how or why someone is born trans, there is evidence of this. We don't choose our gender identity, we can only chose whether to show it to the world or not.. And living in the closet or in denial has a massive cost to mental health. I am a trans woman who transitioned later in life, and I know many others. One very common thread was that we were so scared of the ramifications of coming out that we pushed ourselves to the brink of, or point of attempting suicide before we were able to embrace ourselves and come out. And that we found life not just bearable, but joyful after we finally found ourselves and lived as who we really are. Society makes living hard as an openly trans woman, but despite the horrors we all see in the news, we choose to persist as our true genders, because we really can't live any other way. If more people understood that it -isn't- a preference or a choice, I think the world would be a much better place for us.

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kos-or-kosm Apr 1, 2026 +1

I'd like to say that, while I agree with you entirely on being trans not being a choice, I personally don't think that means anything. Even if it *was* a choice, I would still support trans rights and would find arguments against them disgusting. Let people live their lives the way they want to. I think more people doing that would make the world a truly better place.

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Arkkon Apr 1, 2026 +1

If being trans were a choice, I would sincerely choose to be MORE trans. The "born this way" argument has ALWAYS been a loser, it gives our enemies tacit agreement that if it were a choice it would be a bad one. I don't agree with that at all.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I agree. It's a lesson that was hard earned, but living authentically and apologetically has massive payoffs. I would encourage it to anyone, trans or cis. But in the immediate, I feel like a lot of hostility is predicated on the idea that we -choose- to be this way.

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kos-or-kosm Apr 1, 2026 +1

That's fair. If you're up to it, I would ask people if it not being a choice would change their opinions. I'm skeptical of the idea that any large number of people currently against trans rights would change their tune if it were definitively proven to not be a choice, but maybe I'm being too cynical. I just feel like it's harder to prove it's not a choice than it is to prove that trans rights provide positive life outcomes for trans and cis people alike.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

It's worth asking, but the people we'd most want the answer from are the least likely to engage honestly with it.

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kos-or-kosm Apr 1, 2026 +1

That is so true that when I read it I let out such a tired sigh that I shocked even myself.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I know the sigh you mean. I have those too.

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stillthrowinitallawa Apr 1, 2026 +1

The courage and strength you display and project out into the world is admirable to say the least.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

Thank you.

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superanth Apr 1, 2026 +1

You're entirely right. I meant that the idea a person could be/do something outside the quantification of the government, something important to them, should not be used to determine whether or not they deserve to have the rights of a citizen.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I agree. It's wild to see the party of 'small government' legislating my rights out of bathrooms, out of sports, out of the doctor's office and so many little things.

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Due-Technology5758 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Right now, this very moment, the Supreme Court is listening to people try to convince them that there are no living US citizens. Even though I'm pretty sure the Supreme Court won't agree (despite how compromised they are), it demonstrates how fucked we are.

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Oodlydoodley Apr 1, 2026 +1

They just ruled against conversion therapy bans in the last couple of days, ruling that conversion therapy was a free speech issue and not one of conduct, with Jackson being the only justice who dissented. Allowing a medically discredited and harmful practice to continue by arguing that religious people or organizations have a free speech right to choose to cause harm against gay or trans people because outlawing the practice is taking sides in "the debate" is pretty f****** ridiculous, and only one justice opposed that ruling. Last year the court ruled that there needed to be an opt-out available for situations where LGBT books are part of available curriculum to allow for religious bias, because just learning that these things exist threatens their religious right to be prejudiced. The SC as a whole, including most of the liberal justices, treat LGBT rights less like a civil rights issue and more like it's a question of how much oppression should be allowed under the free speech rights of Christian people and institutions. Trump being the imminent threat, I think people overlook (or maybe don't understand) just how badly we need to reform our court system from the top down.

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Due-Technology5758 Apr 1, 2026 +1

While I absolutely agree conversion therapy is abominable, the court's decision on that case is less overtly malicious than it appears in the media. Colorado's ban (which is what they were looking at) is worded poorly, and the argument presented against it *genuinely* makes sense, even from the perspective of someone who would happily throw any "conversion therapist" off a cliff. If you read the ban, it is worded in such a way that it limits a minor's own agency in determining the goals of their discussions with mental health professionals as much as it limits malicious actors. I was able to spot the issue immediately and I'm a dumbass, so it was basically cooked from the beginning.

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Outrageous-Opinions Apr 1, 2026 +1

The people in power reflect the people. Although the majority support trans rights the majority live in urban areas while the minority that don't are spread out more. That separation is what's really causing all the issues

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Werbnerp Apr 1, 2026 +1

"The People in Power reflect the people" I don't think so anymore. Politicians always lie sure but in the past 10 years so many have run on one thing then switched to acting the complete opposite as if planned. They know what the people around them want to hear so they say that then they get into office and immediately start working against it (see John Fetterman). Or there are statewide general votes to legalize or pass some bill that will be voted on by a Majority of the people but the legislature will just shut it down. (See NH with Marijuana laws or other states with similar bullshit from a coordinated party of selfish bigots {Republicans}).

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Skittle69 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Don't forget Citizens United opened the floodgates to politicians being captured by lobbyists and political donors.

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jjreddit1996 Apr 1, 2026 +1

In addition to me doubting the numbers on this, especially the Republican support, people care about things to different degrees. A lot of people might say “sure, trans people aren’t hurting me, they should be able to do what they want,” but it might be issue #25 for them. And if issue #1 is deporting immigrants and #2 is lower taxes, then how do you think they are going to vote?

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brienneoftarthshreds Apr 1, 2026 +1

I can guarantee that this poll was the result of bad questions. When they ask whether people support trans peoples' right to access medical treatment, most people will say yes because they're thinking of things like cancer treatment, diabetes medication, or casts for broken bones. Ask them about the right for trans people to access hormones and surgeries, and especially ask about the right for trans minors to access hormones, and you can be sure that the percentage of people supporting that will plummet. It's just transphobes don't think of gender affirming care as healthcare. When you ask people whether trans people deserve equal rights, most cis people are thinking of things like the right to vote, the right to a fair trial, or the right to free speech. Ask them whether trans people deserve the right to have their identity legally recognized, or the right to use spaces or services intended for the gender they actually are (even wording it like that is tricky because transphobes will think the gender that they actually are means the sex they were assigned at birth), or the right to protection from employment discrimination on the basis of their gender, and again the numbers will plummet. This data is simply an attempt to launder the transphobic opinions of the American populace. Nobody wants to feel like they're the bad guy, but many do not care if the consequences of their beliefs, actions, and votes have negative effects on trans people.

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Rhysati Apr 1, 2026 +1

They weren't happy about desegregation either. Or women getting to vote. Or gay marriage. They will always fight against what the masses want because their cult demands it.

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madmushlove Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah, read the article. It's pathetic and just trying to get trans and marginalized people in general to have faith in the electorate

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Heated13shot Apr 1, 2026 +1

I am curious what the results would be like if the questions got more specific. Things like "trans people should have equal rights" might have mass approval, but it's pretty common for anti-trans folk to view the question differently. It might lead to skewing the results to be more positive. "Trans people deserve equal rights" > anti-trans person thinks "the same rights as their AGAB, using the bathroom of their gender ect. are "extra" rights" "Trans people deserve access to healthcare" > anti-trans person might mean "trans people have the right to access all the healthcare as their AGAB, but HRT and SRS ect. Are not "healthcare" so it doesn't count" "Trans people deserve employment protection" anti trans take "they shouldn't be fired for just being trans, but if they are *visibly trans* at work they should be allowed to be fired." A lot of anti-trans takes essentially treat it like a crossdressing f*****, they are fine with it provided it's all behind closed doors and isn't on "public display". I could see someone with this viewpoint saying "I support" on all those questions.

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mrdude05 Apr 1, 2026 +1

This. Using vague, moralistic language on surveys like this just biases the results. It's a great way to engineer a specific result, but it doesn't tell you anything about what policies people actually support. People spent a century arguing that Jim Crow laws didn't violate black people's rights, and that segregation was a form of equality. Just saying you support a group's rights as a general concept means nothing. All this survey really tells us is that 15% of Americans are bigoted enough to openly admit they don't think trans people deserve rights

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LiveChocolate8819 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Which is exactly why political polling is such a big business. The whole point is manufacturing consent; just look at what the right wing freaks are doing with polling on "voter ID."

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RollerDude347 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Then they don't know what rights are or they don't know what a trans person is. So yes, some of the responding people could be functionally illiterate.

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PokeDigiYugiMon Apr 1, 2026 +1

Uneducated by choice.

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Zenmachine83 Apr 1, 2026 +1

And the issue that the right believes it will win on: "do trans women/girls have the right to participate in sports of their chosen gender?'

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pod5g Apr 1, 2026 +1

The vast majority of commenters on this post didn’t seem to get this

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HistoricalBridge7 Apr 1, 2026 +1

This is spot on. Survey are very easy to manipulate. Frank Lentz is famous for this. There was an episode of Penn and teller bullshit all about this.

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WorldlyDiscipline419 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Framing issue. People support trans rights until it infringes of the rights of their own. People have the right to feel safe in their environment. Trans women could make biological women feel unsafe in a women’s bathroom. A trans woman using a men’s bathroom could feel unsafe. This is not a simple black and white situation. I would hope that a community that is essentially built on wanting people to accept their perceived reality would also respect that of others but that doesn’t seem to be the case in either direction.

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andyroohoo30 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I think this is too general of a question. You’re very unlikely to hear an American blatantly say “no, they don’t deserve rights”. But when you bring up specific rights and protections, you will get a lot more divided of an answer.

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TemetN Apr 1, 2026 +1

This. This presents a much more wholesome image than the reality that the ADF and ALEC have engineered.

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rougepenguin Apr 1, 2026 +1

I've watched this for ten years. Nothing I've seen is as susceptible to how the question is phrased or when it was asked, but a clear trend has emerged: When out of power, if conservatives go all in on something then *in theory* people will support it. The second they get in power and start pushing it as a priority, people oppose the policy. So like, hypothetically you can curry a majority that *thinks* there's a threat to something like women's athletics...but then enough breaks off you don't really have support for *actions* because people do get there's no real way to enforce that without overbearing burdens for all women.

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gaarai Apr 1, 2026 +1

Exactly this. I was chatting with a random stranger a few years back, and he started going on about how we need anti-trans bathroom bills to keep people safe in bathrooms. I asked him if he knew of any safety issues in bathrooms or knew of anyone that experienced safety issues in bathrooms. He did not. I asked him if he ever sees anyone that doesn't look like a man go into a men's room or that doesn't look like a woman go into a women's room. He had not. I asked if he would find it strange to see a woman go into a men's room or a man go into a women's room. He said that he would find that strange. I asked him whether forcing trans people to go into the bathroom opposite their visual gender would increase seeing people going into bathrooms that seem strange from the current "you've never seen or experienced that". He agreed that it likely would. I asked if the bill would likely cause more problems, more confusion, and more potential violence than the current situation of general safety and lack of concern when going to bathrooms. He agreed and said he never thought of it that way. What started as a random encounter turned into a good discussion. The guy was very open to discussing the matter and acknowledged that he simply didn't give it much thought. The concept seemed to make sense to him until he thought about what the actual effects would be. I think we have a lot of that throughout this country on many issues.

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ApartmentWeary7901 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I need to get better at emulating your approach.

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cyxrus Apr 1, 2026 +1

Does it matter if their vote says otherwise?

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FuriousBuffalo Apr 1, 2026 +1

Baffling that trans folks have become such an important and divisive issue. Not healthcare or housing, but a very small subset of the population most of us don't even interact with on a daily basis. What a stupid timeline..

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iiowyn Apr 1, 2026 +1

Conservative media talks about trans people way way more than LGBT sites and organizations do. I love being a political scapegoat -_-

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aquamarine_capybara Apr 1, 2026 +1

So much of it is conservative fury over losing the cultural conversation about more general gay rights and marriage equality. The dissonance is also surreal. My girlfriend is trans and absolutely everyone has been supportive in our lives, people are normal in public, the healthcare system is taking care of her. If it weren't for the bile coming out of the mainstream news and internet you'd think there wasn't even a controversy.

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EnTyme53 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trans people make up such a small portion of the population (like around 1% or so of the total population) that it makes them an easy "other" for conservatives to blame.

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njsullyalex Apr 1, 2026 +1

As a trans woman… it’s exhausting. Especially when the other things you mentioned affect me too. But instead of worrying about that I need to worry about being stripped of my medications.

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waffle299 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Culture war arguments are a distraction technique. They argue about trans rights to prevent time to discuss anything else.

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Kana515 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah not for nothing, this is good news, but either a whole bunch of people changed their mind since 2024, or there's a whole lot of "Of course I support trans rights... but not as much as c**** eggs."

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BlondeBorednBaked Apr 1, 2026 +1

Americans sacrificed trans people at the altar of c**** eggs and now *everything* is more expensive. Karma is a b****.

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InvestIntrest Apr 1, 2026 +1

The question, "Do you support trans rights?" is too vague. Trans rights to do what specifically? I suspect if you asked specifics more controversial questions like do you support biological males competing in women's sports or medically transitioning children, I suspect you'd get a much different result. That's what dominated the debate in 2024. Not simply should adults be able to transition and live life.

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Droo99 Apr 1, 2026 +1

If you asked people if they support a married person's right to have an affair whenever they want they would probably also say no, doesn't mean they support government cameras in everyone's bedroom to ensure compliance

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shinkouhyou Apr 1, 2026 +1

Even then, the question requires context. There's a big difference between "do you think biological males should be allowed to compete in women's sports?" and "do you think a handful of trans women who transitioned years ago and who are within the normal female range for all hormonal and physical parameters should be allowed to compete in women's sports based on the recommendations of experts in each sport's official governing body?" Likewise, there's a big difference between "do you think elementary schoolers should receive sex change surgeries?" and "do you think kids should have medically supervised access to medication that would allow them to delay puberty so they make sure they're getting the right hormones at 16 or so?" *Misinformation* dominated the debate in 2024. Right-wing media encouraged people to imagine scenarios that simply don't happen in the real world: burly men in dresses lurking in public bathrooms to assault women, young children being brainwashed and mutilated by rogue doctors, girls losing out on scholarships as every women's sport is dominated by top male athletes, drag queens doing live sex shows in public libraries, lesbians being forced at gunpoint to have sex with men, furry children using litterboxes in the classroom, women's medicine being erased by new terms like "birthing person" or "uterus haver," and people being arrested for not intuitively knowing when to use hundreds of new pronouns. *None* of those things are happening, but chances are that the average person believes at least one of them. Meanwhile, Democrats seemed reluctant to talk about trans issues at all.

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kookaburra1701 Apr 1, 2026 +1

There's also the difference between "Do you think this is right" vs. "Do you think *the government* should regulate this." My mother is a conservative Christian and she doesn't think it's right for transwomen to compete in women's sports...but she also thinks it's something that private sports associations should set their own rules about, and the government doesn't need to be involved. So she would answer "no" to your first question but without any followup the survey taker would not capture her "it's none of my/the government's business no matter what my personal opinion is" viewpoint. Or that she views the push to get in between children/parents and their doctors as a backdoor way to force vaccination and abortions.

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overlordjunka Apr 1, 2026 +1

They support us but not enough to vote for our safety

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TheodoreOso Apr 1, 2026 +1

I'm sorry, which party is trying to protect trans people? Last I checked we have a right wing party that hates Trans people and a democratic party who keeps trying to throw trans people under the bus at every corner. It matter bc democratic messaging around the subject needs to change, they're too chicken shit to actually protect the people who they expect to be their constituents

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NimusNix Apr 1, 2026 +1

A point I keep making when people come to me with 'polls show voters support X'! Doesn't f****** matter if everyone wants to legalize weed because they're not voting for it.

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waffle299 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Propaganda and identity have consistently led to this disconnect between political preferences and voter behavior. People consistently support a center-left (by US standards) governing philosophy. But they see parties supporting this as something to be hated and ridiculed, based on their information sources. So they keep voting for "their side". Worse, as gerrymandering makes seats safer, competition from the center in primaries vanishes. In a gerrymandered seat, appealing to radicals is more successful. So the party drifts further away from broad appeal.

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rockandrollzomby Apr 1, 2026 +1

but wait, a bunch of centrists told me it was trans people’s fault that Trump got elected again because no one actually supports trans people having legal rights and protections.

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random_cartoonist Apr 1, 2026 +1

Narrator's note : Most of the time, when someone claim they are centrist, they are not. They usually hold right wing views but do not want to make it public. This is especially true in the dating world.

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All_Hail_Hynotoad Apr 1, 2026 +1

Just like libertarians who are Republicans who don’t want to admit they’re far-right

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TymeSefariInc Apr 1, 2026 +1

I haven't heard a lot from those folks lately. I find it interesting. 🤔

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SutterCane Apr 1, 2026 +1

It’s like they’re all too busy now because they got mass hired to a certain agency…

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Otagian Apr 1, 2026 +1

That's not fair, libertarians are also disturbingly knowledgeable about age of consent laws.

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FalseAxiom Apr 1, 2026 +1

AnCaps really do have some asinine takes...

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CAT_WILL_MEOW Apr 1, 2026 +1

In America centrists are right leaning. They can preach peace and love but if it doesn't lower there gas they couldn't give two fucks

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bigfatcow Apr 1, 2026 +1

Hey now centrists spend just as much time and energy bashing the left while also defending the right. It’s tough to keep that balance

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jgoble15 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Or they are just dumb. Known a lot of “centrists” who compare themselves to basically the KKK. “Well I’m not as far right as those guys so I must be centrist”

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underpants-gnome Apr 1, 2026 +1

>This is especially true in the dating world. Yes. From what I hear, "I'm not political" on a Tinder profile translates to "I really wanna f*** one of those girls with blue-streaked hair and black fingernail polish that I rant about being the ruination of society on my blog."

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Bulky_Preparation768 Apr 1, 2026 +1

It’s especially true in politics

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CoachDT Apr 1, 2026 +1

Its not trans people's FAULT. But attacks that weaponized left of center's support of trans people were effective. I think we need to be okay with eating any loss of support we get from continuing to support trans folks. This poll is kinda shitty though and doesnt actually address the core issues regarding trans people though.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I'd argue that those attacks were effective because nobody on the left stood up with a counterargument. They sat quietly and let republicans control the entire conversation, or actually ceded ground to them. Democrats are supposed to stand up for all americans, especially minorities and the downtrodden. Turning their backs on us is a bad look for them, but it's been the overwhelming response so far.

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UnauthorizedUsername Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah, the inaction was such a killer problem. When one political party is banging the drum about an issue -- any issue -- and the other isn't saying a word, it signals to the general public that there isn't any other side on the issue. By not countering the message, they were tacitly agreeing with it.

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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +1

Exactly that. They rolled over and only let one voice be heard, and all the people who don't understand the issue didn't have a choice to make an informed decision. They got railroaded by one sided media, especially when the right spent $215 million in an anti-trans ad blitz, and we've been dealing with the momentum that built ever since.

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inuvash255 Apr 1, 2026 +1

They did the same thing on immigration and other issues too. No wonder they lose when they're being the do-nothing, support-nothing version of the GOP

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ParkerPoseyGuffman Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yup Kamala silence was deafening and silent consent

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rockandrollzomby Apr 1, 2026 +1

I think those attacks motivate a certain subset of super conservative voter, but I don’t think they motivate people on the left in the same way. I think the bigger issue was that the Dems/Harris/Biden couldn’t come up with a cohesive message on trans rights for the Dems to rally around. They played defense on this issue the entire election cycle.

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UnauthorizedUsername Apr 1, 2026 +1

They hardly even played defense, and mostly just avoided it entirely tbh.

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Bulky_Preparation768 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Said she’d follow the law. Which now includes a felony for wanting to take a piss in Idaho.

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CoachDT Apr 1, 2026 +1

I have conflicting thoughts on it. But im curious not to put you on the spot too much but what would your messaging be? It feels like an easy way to attack the left, we should hold firm because its the right thing to do. But the general populace is pretty stupid and is prone to falling for these attacks.

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Bulky_Preparation768 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Why are Republicans obsessed with people’s genitals?

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rockandrollzomby Apr 1, 2026 +1

I think the message is that trans people are not a threat and that all of the current attacks on the community are coming from the same people who were opposed to gay rights and BIPOC rights. And id also come out and say that although it may make people uncomfortable, there is no evidence trans women are a threat to cis women in bathrooms or sport. They have to lead by showing some vulnerability and give people a second chance to reconsider their position on these non issues. I’d also recommend the left says that medical decisions should be made by medical professionals and not ex junkies who eat rancid bear meat and boof peptides all day.

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RelevantOldOnion Apr 1, 2026 +1

Effective on who..? Not Americans. There were certainly a lot of anti trans ads, but the research has showed that they were not effective. https://michiganadvance.com/2024/11/05/research-says-anti-trans-campaign-ads-are-ineffective-but-hold-back-trans-acceptance/

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Pomnikinger Apr 1, 2026 +1

The bunch of centrists would tell you that no specific questions were asked about bathrooms or sports in the survey

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Shy_Limp_Dick Apr 1, 2026 +1

Ah trans people in sports, like a unicorn statistically but it's more of an issue than male pro leagues using steroids.

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rockandrollzomby Apr 1, 2026 +1

Probably because they’re not real issues, so why do we care? We should be talking about trans people as humans and not targets of recycled segregation tactics. I’m trans and if at any point trans people were dominating every sport we participated in and the cause of some sort of bathroom assault epidemic, then I’d be willing to discuss the issues you’re implying. Those things aren’t happening, tho. It’s all in your head.

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mr_evilweed Apr 1, 2026 +1

Well... yeah if you ask the question in that way (Do you believe trans people should have the same rights?) almost everyone is going to say yes. People want to think of themselves as good people and consciously denying someone rights is 'bad'. But if you ask people more specific questions, such as "Should trans people be allowed in whatever bathroom they want?", "Should trans people be able to play women's sports?", "Should tax dollars pay for trans medical procedures?" You'll get very different results. Most people are not putting enough thought into these issues to understand that any one of these things, which seem to be minor common sense issues in their minds, are actually an issue of legal and human rights. They struggle to tie their own sense of goodness to these specifics. So what do conservatives do? They dont put forward a 'Strip Trans Rights' act. They put forward a 'Protecting Women's Privacy' act. That way, people can still think in their hearts that they support equal rights for trans people while actively supporting politicians who are stripping those rights. People are dumb and they don't understand most things. Especially not themselves.

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Letterkenny-Wayne Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah this is just a psyop article but with more in depth questions I’d think a majority would agree with supporting limited rights for transgender individuals.

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sixtysecdragon Apr 1, 2026 +1

[Here are the actually cross tables and questions.](https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/images/TDOV-2026-Visibility-Connection-Support-Methodology.pdf) And the questions are much more general than implied in the article. But judge for yourself.

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christophercolumbus Apr 1, 2026 +1

First of all, whenever a survey study like this uses ordinal answer structures such as "strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree" you can immediately assume the designers of the survey don't know what they are doing. Especially so when the questions are vague. "Do trans people deserve equal treatment under the law?" Of course they do! But what does that mean? "Do trans people deserve protected group status?" would result in a very different set of answers, but some people may think that's what qualifies under "equal treatment" and others would think quite the opposite. "Should trans people be recognized as their transitioned sex by medical providers?" Would be another one. [Here is a much better study](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/americans-have-grown-more-supportive-of-restrictions-for-trans-people-in-recent-years/#:~:text=Protect%20trans%20people%20from%20discrimination,of%20more%20than%2030%20points).) The study OP posted, if read literally without any analysis, seems to support the conservative argument that they don't care if someone is trans, they don't want them to be mistreated or discriminated against, but they don't want them getting "special" rights. It also doesn't touch on the real element that conservatives are worked up about, which is medical intervention in children, and maybe mtf trans people competing in female sports/competitions. So honestly, this survey is pretty useless except to counter left wing beliefs that right wing people want trans people to be discriminated against. I'm not really sure why everyone in this thread is interpreting this as some kind of evidence that conservative politicians aren't acting in the interests of their voters. Look at the study I linked- there is obvious pushback against trans issues from both democrats and republicans, and it seems fairly obvious its because of how dems have pushed the issue in areas that the public clearly does not agree with.

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DaroDoingNothing Apr 1, 2026 +1

We know what will happen because the same exact thing happened in gay marriage. People will say “oh I support it. I’m just against pedophilia.” even though those are two separate things.

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xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme Apr 1, 2026 +1

I see it more as "trans/gay people have the right to think whatever they want in their own head. They just don't have a right to do anything outside their head."

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mowotlarx Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trans rights are civil rights. Either you support civil rights or you don't. Most of us do.

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Responsible-Fox-1985 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I don’t think people “support trans rights” as much as people just don’t really care about something that affects less than 1% of the population. Most people have never even met a trans person, let alone want to go out of their way to hate them and actively strip their rights away.

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IllustriousRange226 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trans rights, gay rights, intersex rights. What can you say, Americans love and support rights.

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WillfulIgnorance8647 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Only for themselves. For others they'll happily deny/remove their rights out of spite, ignorance, or convenience.

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jmikehub Apr 1, 2026 +1

...after a long enough time for either themselves or people they know to be directly affected by the lack of rights, then once the problem hits home, they change their minds lol

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RLewis8888 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Why do people want the government involved with what other adults do with their own bodies?

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The_PracticalOne Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yes? Do I know anyone trans? No. Does anyone being trans affect me? Also no. So as far as I’m concerned there’s no such thing as “trans rights” those are just called “civil rights”

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Historical_Bend_2629 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Because it is human rights. Idaho state legislature is backwards. People of Idaho, do better. Vote these weirdos out.

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SubstantialSeesaw374 Apr 1, 2026 +1

The court needs to be packed as soon as dementia boy croaks, then. Otherwise the Supreme Court will continue to play legislator against them.

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darw1nf1sh Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trans rights are human rights. If the government can regulate trans lives, where they can shit, whether they can get healthcare, whether a landlord can avoid renting to them, then they can do that to any group. Trans people are just the test case, because they are already a tiny minority and already marginalized. They are an easy target. All gay people are next, then anyone not christian, then all liberals.

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johuad Apr 1, 2026 +1

And yet you'll still have Third Way losers convincing the dems to throw trans people under the bus, even though their appeasement strategy has netted the dems essentially zero votes ever.

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OlDropTop Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trans rights are human rights. I mean wtf are we even talking about.

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socokid Apr 1, 2026 +1

Most of us care about how you treat others much more than what you look like or who you love. Because most people are ignorant, cowardly bigots that care about whether or not other people are exactly like them. The amount of time those people spend on marginalizing others is absolutely stunning. Imagine how much good those people could do in this world. But instead, they only cause harm.

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arounddro Apr 1, 2026 +1

Imagine how much taxpayer money could be saved if politicians stopped spending money legislating against 0.01% of the taxpaying population.

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sonicsuns2 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Unfortunately, this headline is misleading. Headline: "*Data Shows*" Subtitle: "*Research Suggest*s" Article: "*The survey was conducted by research firm SSRS and funded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.*" [Survey questions:](https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/images/TDOV-2026-Visibility-Connection-Support-Methodology.pdf) "*Transgender people should have the same rights and protections as everyone else.*" (85% agree or strongly agree) "T*ransgender people should have the same ability as anyone else to get the healthcare they need.*" (88% agree or strongly agree) Look at the way the questions are phrased. A transphobe who wants to keep transwomen out of women's bathrooms could still argue that they're giving trans people "the same rights and protections as everyone else", because in their mind everyone has the right to use the bathroom assigned to them at birth. Likewise a transphobe who wants to stop trans people from getting gender-affirming care could still argue that they're in favor of giving trans people "the healthcare they need", because in their mind gender-affirming care isn't "needed". The survey didn't bother to ask about bathrooms or gender-affirming care specifically, because the goal of the survey was to make it look like trans support is more popular than it actually is. If we asked more specific questions, I fear we would get more transphobic results.

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WorldlyDiscipline419 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Why do think that biological women don’t have the right to perceived safety in their protected spaces? Trans women don’t want to use men’s bathrooms because of perceived safety concerns. Why does one group supersede the other? Oh. Right. Because you don’t care about one of them.

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The12th_secret_spice Apr 1, 2026 +1

Vast majority of Americans know we have bigger fish to fry but these dumbasses like to deflect and focus on minority group of the month.

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Vinslom_Bardy Apr 1, 2026 +1

The right will continue their vile hatred towards the trans community until it no longer produces the desired political outcomes, then they will find another group to hate.

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wookielove666 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Of course Trans people should have the same rights! But just as every other grouping of people and individual, those rights can not step on the rights of others.

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mikedlc84 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Why are so many people asking if the survey was specific about bathrooms and sports? Just read it.

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ketkatt Apr 1, 2026 +1

If you look closely, it's pretty much just one person asking it on every single post here and he already deleted a comment where he was openly transphobic

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AHugeHildaFan Apr 1, 2026 +1

Because it's their dog whistle to be transphobic. They bring up 3 made-up arguments "trans women assault women in restrooms", "trans women are dominating women's sports" and "children are being forcibly transed at age 6". None of those are actually happening, they just bring up the most skewed examples with no context like a trans swimmer who tied for 5th with a cis woman (while ignoring they lost to 4 other cis women) or accusing cis people of being trans. They'll also just straight up lie because their motive is to try and stir up shit to get others to hate trans people.

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LazyCoffee Apr 1, 2026 +1

Listnook people don't read.

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ParkerPoseyGuffman Apr 1, 2026 +1

Because some want to spread hate

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boblabon Apr 1, 2026 +1

Democrats taking a "both sides" position on something that actually has majority support to appease a vocal minority that wouldn't vote for them if the alternative was to be set on fire. If I had a nickle that happened, I'd have at least 25 cents from 2024 alone.

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silasgreenfront Apr 1, 2026 +1

Of course they do. What Republicans did that was absolutely brilliant was that they identified the three or so aspects of trans rights that most people (including a lot of liberals) don't like very much and used them to hammer at the movement and drive a wedge in the opposition. Trans women in women's sports, medical transitions for minors, prison stuff. Ask about those three issues and see how different the polling results are from what you see in this article.

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Pomnikinger Apr 1, 2026 +1

Did the survey ask specifically about bathrooms or sports or just general questions about rights?

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silasgreenfront Apr 1, 2026 +1

Looking at the [poll itself](https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/images/TDOV-2026-Visibility-Connection-Support-Methodology.pdf) they kept it very general and didn't ask about divisive, hot-button issues at all.

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gojo96 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Nope and they know what the answers would be. Best to keep it vague to push things along.

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FalstaffsGhost Apr 1, 2026 +1

So one thing that is has so small an amount of trans people it’s statistically insignificant One thing that isn’t happening that conservatives lie about Prison stuff which is so vague a phrase there’s not a way to really respond

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accountabilitycounts Apr 1, 2026 +1

That's awesome. Last year the trend was going the other way. The GOP's strategy may have backfired on them.

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Pal_Saradise_ Apr 1, 2026 +1

Is this the same vast majority that can’t be bothered to vote? Because if it is they’re as useless as ever

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Sad_Locksmith_2904 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah, there are wedge issues like trans participation in sports where some people may find their involvement to be an unfair advantage but MOST people in America generally feel like everyone should be equal and left alone.

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AHugeHildaFan Apr 1, 2026 +1

Funny how the only examples they can cite for trans women in sports is accusing cis women of being trans. While actual trans women routinely don't win against cis women.

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LilyPogger69 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Sure would appreciate if this supposed majority would speak up. With each passing day new states pass legislation making it illegal for you to exist in public as a trans person (from bathroom bans to literal laws declaring transness a form of drag and also illegal). Now more than ever do people need to pay attention to this shit.

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FetchingTheSwagni Apr 1, 2026 +1

I don't care what you believe. If you do not support the rights of other people, you are just trash. I can understand if you think: "Well, SCIENCE!" or "Mah gawd says bad!" Whatever, have those opinions. But as soon as your opinion crosses over to removing the rights of said people, or getting rid of said people entirely, f*** right off. That's not an opinion, that is an act against humanity. Everyone has a right to exist. Your beliefs are not the laws of humanity.

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garrythebear3 Apr 1, 2026 +1

no, 85% think trans people deserve the same rights as everyone else. which is the same reasoning used to deny gay marriage, it’s “equal” because straight and gay people can marry someone of the opposite sex but not the same sex. with trans people it’s a bit worse. they have “equal” rights because everyone can take puberty blockers for precocious puberty but no one can for gender dysphoria. “equal” because the law doesn’t say “trans people can’t get x medical treatment” it says everyone can’t get x medical treatment and if only trans people need or even want this medical treatment i guess they’ll just have to go f*** themselves

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agprincess Apr 1, 2026 +1

These statistics fall apart on the specifics.

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Y0___0Y Apr 1, 2026 +1

They don’t act like it. Trump won the pooular vote with most of his ads being anti-trans ads, and he lied about trans people grabbing boys in schools and cutting their penises off i schools on the NATIONALLY TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE STAGE. To say that Americans broadly support trans rights is laughable and I don’t believe it.

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AHugeHildaFan Apr 1, 2026 +1

He won the popular vote by a margin of 1%. That doesn't mean everyone in the world is suddenly transphobic

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Y0___0Y Apr 1, 2026 +1

He was a felon convicted of 30 counts of fraud. And he won the popular vote.

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Pomnikinger Apr 1, 2026 +1

No specific questions about bathrooms or sports were asked in the survey.

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ooglytoop7272 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Those aren't real issues. Just culture war bullshit that right wing politicians use to garner support from useful idiots.

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NatureMadeAMistake Apr 1, 2026 +1

They are absolutely an issue if you are trans, especially the bathroom bans. Either you risk being assaulted or going to prison.

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CutSenior4977 Apr 1, 2026 +1

No surprise there, heck, even before defecting from the conservatives, I did as well, one of my pals from film camp growing up was trans. Sadly I never got their contacts, but whoo boy, am I now feeling even more guilty ever being a Trump supporter, knowing the troubles they’re problaly going through right now😔

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Libinky Apr 1, 2026 +1

Libertarians just selfish plain and simple.

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RightfulGoat Apr 1, 2026 +1

Well, trans right are human right, so supporting trans right is supporting every human’s right. So yeah they should!

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MsStilettos Apr 1, 2026 +1

[ Removed by Listnook ]

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JealousAd1350 Apr 1, 2026 +1

🫩I hope it’s true, yk wat today is

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EqualPrestigious7883 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Freedom is the right of all sentient beings

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AllergictoAIslop Apr 1, 2026 +1

Great news. Now make your laws reflect this.

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funtimes-forall Apr 1, 2026 +1

It's simple. Don't f*** with people who don't f*** with you.

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house-shoes Apr 1, 2026 +1

Probably because they’re human rights.

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scarr3g Apr 1, 2026 +1

You know why I "support trans rights"? Because I don't actually care. I don't care how you dress or act, what gender you are or aren't, who you are attracted to, etc.... As long as it doesn't effect me, it is of no concern to me. Therefore, you should be allowed to be you, and not legally forced to be what someone else thinks you should be. So, due to my lack of caring, I will fight for you.

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lifeat24fps Apr 1, 2026 +1

I truly believe there's only so much mean spirited punching down most Americans will tolerate. I guess I'm naive like that.

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Memitim Apr 1, 2026 +1

Not enough Americans support them, hence why Republicans are using trans people as their target of choice. Conservatives can't rely on racism with the rest of us, and targeting homosexuals has become too risky for them as more people recognize that evil. However, even in queer communities, many people still discriminate against trans folks, so the conservatives can still leverage them as hate targets and have a chance of scoring some human suffering.

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Jack_Q_Frost_Jr Apr 1, 2026 +1

Some actual good news in the news? I was beginning to think it wasn't possible.

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Wonderful-Impact-598 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Then they should try *voting* like they support them.

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ThaBigClemShady24 Apr 1, 2026 +1

It's almost like everything they told us about Trump winning due to "80-20" issues was a goddamn lie.

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Top-Bandicoot-3013 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I should hope more Americans feel something towards the recent institutional trend to discriminate and attack the trans community. Even if you're like whatever about trans people and don't really accept them, it's one thing to just mind them and another to enforce policy that outright excluded and punishes these individuals.

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Eyeless_Sid Apr 1, 2026 +1

"New Data" 1,000 resondants. thats some real hard science and a true temperature guage of society. Lol

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Mike5473 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I sincerely DOUBT this post is true!

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WorkingConsequence75 Apr 1, 2026 +1

1000 people out of 300 million... listnook is a lefty echochamber

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aslan_is_on_the_move Apr 1, 2026 +1

Technically should be new data show, not shows

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madmushlove Apr 1, 2026 +1

This is infuriating delusional Do you know what THE phobe slogan has been for 30 years?? No special rights for LGBTQ people They don't see things from the perspective of persecution and prohibition, they see them from the prospective of special rights They don't say "well some people can marry me and some can't," they say "I can't get gay married (or go back far enough and it's interracially married) and neither can they. Equality" So of course phobes will agree with this polling question, it's meaningless SUPPORT for trans people is ONLY opposing and reversing ALL these new persucutory MAGA laws - Oppose and reverse new laws that ban trans and intersex athletes as blanket bans. Trans people have competed in their gendered categories since the 70s. Trans Olympians for 24 years - Oppose and reverse new gender affirming care HRT and surgery bans for minors. These bans oppose the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, national standards of practice. Puberty blockers have been available as prescription for trans kids since the 90s - oppose and reverse new bans on ID and birth certificate marker changes. Trans people have been changing this marker since the 1977 revision of the Model State Vital Statistics Act - oppose and reverse new bans on public drag and trans people in performance and entertainment - Oppose and reverse new school mandatory reporting to parents, outing trans or queer kids - oppose and reverse new bans on Medicaid coverage for gender affirming care. Our medical associations consider this care MEDICALLY NECESSARY - outlaw, criminalize even, conversion therapy

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john_reddi Apr 1, 2026 +1

The vast majority of Americans TOLERATE trans people. It is tolerance, not support or acceptance. I, like most Americans, have no issue with you or anybody else (at adult age) living your life the way you choose.

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hypothethical Apr 1, 2026 +1

If you don't "accept" or "support" the freedom of trans people to identify how they please, what do you mean by "tolerate"?

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charrr116 Apr 1, 2026 +1

“transgender people should have the same rights and protection as everyone else.” - my only concern with this is that being called the correct pronouns and using a bathroom that aligns with your gender, along with many other things that are reasonable requests are seen as "special treatment" by most conservatives, so I don't necessarily buy these numbers. That level of support from self-proclaimed Republicans seems WAY too high to me, but maybe I'm being a pessimist.

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WorldlyDiscipline419 Apr 1, 2026 +1

It’s not about “special treatment”. It’s about those rights infringing on the rights of others.

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BA5ED Apr 1, 2026 +1

I read the methodology of the survey and I think if you start a survey asking questions like they did most conservatives are going to bow out and you will end up with a polling of center left and left which will yield these results.

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Teddy_RGB Apr 1, 2026 +1

There’s a whole lot of bigoted bullshit about sports and pronouns and bathrooms, but at the end of they day these kids are killing themselves (or getting killed) at incredibly high numbers. When politics results in the death of any group of people, you’re on the wrong side. Of course, America loves being on the wrong side, so that’s not surprising

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SithLordMilk Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yes, a survey of 1000 people is representative of the entire country

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zion2199 Apr 1, 2026 +1

What’s a “trans right”?

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SomeSchmidt Apr 1, 2026 +1

Majority support stronger gun laws too but here we are

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CheeseNowPaint Apr 1, 2026 +1

Lol... data presented by Them.us... no bias there.

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