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
I don’t get why transgender rights are so damn controversial! I get that some people don’t understand it but you shouldn’t need to understand it to accept it. And when transphobes concerns are addressed and things are explained to them, they usually choose to keep being ignorant. Like I get that on the surface, it seems like trans women would have an advantage in sports. But when it’s explained that they don’t, transphobes just choose to keep believing they do. Transphobes say “facts don’t care about your feelings” but then ignore the facts because they just feel like it’s wrong
I don’t get why transgender rights are so damn controversial! I get that some people don’t understand it but you shouldn’t need to understand it to accept it. And when transphobes concerns are addressed and things are explained to them, they usually choose to keep being ignorant. Like I get that on the surface, it seems like trans women would have an advantage in sports. But when it’s explained that they don’t, transphobes just choose to keep believing they do. Transphobes say “facts don’t care about your feelings” but then ignore the facts because they just feel like it’s wrong