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
In my personal experience. Most people hold liberal beliefs when talking about people they directly know.
The trans person they know is fine.
They are fine smoking pot.
Their friend’s abortion was warranted.
The immigrants they go to church with are lovely people.
If you ask even some of the worst MAGA idiots you know if their gay friend should be allowed to marry, they will agree more than you would expect.
Conservative media has created a barrier that allows them to hate groups in a way many would never do IRL.
The most frustrating thing for me is people refusing to apply their personal rules to the rest of society and vice versa. There are people who rely on social assistance while politically being against it. And will get abortions themselves whike politically being against it. They just refuse to recognize that if the thing was outlawed it would be outlawed for them too. They expect to be a special exception because their situation is different somehow
In my personal experience. Most people hold liberal beliefs when talking about people they directly know.
The trans person they know is fine. They are fine smoking pot. Their friend’s abortion was warranted. The immigrants they go to church with are lovely people.
If you ask even some of the worst MAGA idiots you know if their gay friend should be allowed to marry, they will agree more than you would expect.
Conservative media has created a barrier that allows them to hate groups in a way many would never do IRL.
The most frustrating thing for me is people refusing to apply their personal rules to the rest of society and vice versa. There are people who rely on social assistance while politically being against it. And will get abortions themselves whike politically being against it. They just refuse to recognize that if the thing was outlawed it would be outlawed for them too. They expect to be a special exception because their situation is different somehow