{"id":988833,"date":"2021-11-09T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=988833"},"modified":"2021-11-09T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:29:06","slug":"poll-shows-transgender-ideology-losing-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-transgender-ideology-losing-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Shows Transgender Ideology Losing Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-shows-transgender-ideology-losing-support%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=988833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Sixty-two percent of Americans say each person\u2019s sex cannot be changed, marking a big shift since 2019 away from the transgender ideology, according to the results of a new poll by Harvard\/Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The poll of 1,576 registered voters was <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ca678077bc522bd7bd74bacbf\/files\/f5e7728d-554a-39d2-2939-8c4849d081c6\/HHP_October_12PM_vF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conducted<\/a> October 26-28 by Harvard\u2019s&nbsp;Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and&nbsp;Harris&nbsp;Insights and Analytics. The poll&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ca678077bc522bd7bd74bacbf\/files\/f5e7728d-554a-39d2-2939-8c4849d081c6\/HHP_October_12PM_vF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>Do you think that people should be able to choose their gender and pronouns or are someone\u2019s gender and pronouns what they are born with?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Less than 40 percent of the respondents agreed that people can change their sex, according to the Harvard&nbsp;CAPS\/Harris Poll, which also reported that 62 percent of all voters said, \u201cpeople are born with their gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18535722\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1052957408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18535722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1052957408-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"669\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">LGBT activists and their supporters rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018, in New York City. Last week, the New York Times reported on an unreleased administration memo that proposes a strict biological definition of gender based on a person\u2019s genitalia at birth. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This biology-beats-gender result adds more evidence that public opinion is moving against the transgender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Harvard\/Harris team <a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> 1,295 registered voters: \u201cDo you think that transgender people should be required to use the bathroom of their sex at birth or allowed to use the bathroom that best aligns with their gender identity and stated sex?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The 2019 respondents were split 50\/50.&nbsp;So the 62\/38 result in 2021 suggests that the public\u2019s view has moved at least 20 points towards the biology-trumps-gender side of the debate in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>However, most Democrats still support the claim that feelings of gender are more important than biology for purposes of classifying people in a complementary male-and-female society where less than one percent of people try to live as members of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats\u2019 support for transgenderism has grown since Democratic leaders embraced the ideology under President Barack Obama. For example, the new Harvard\/Harris poll showed that 59 percent of Democrats agree with the claim that \u201cPeople should be able to choose their gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The October Harvard\/Harris poll results are backed up by data from a poll taken in August by the pro-transgender Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).<\/p>\n<p>The PRRI poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/research\/most-americans-support-pro-lgbtq-policies-but-are-more-divided-over-transgender-sports-and-bathroom-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> \u201cgender\u201d as a substitute for sex when asking a question, to which 40 percent of Americans responded by saying there are more genders than male and female.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18634834\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236008977-e1636222399621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18634834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236008977-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"People rally in support of the Netflix transgender walkout in Los Angeles, California on October 20, 2021. - Netflix bosses braced for an employee walkout and rally in Los Angeles on October 20, 2021 as anger swelled over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that activists say is harmful to the transgender community. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"647\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">People rally in support of the Netflix transgender walkout in Los Angeles, California, on October 20, 2021. Netflix braced for an employee walkout and rally in Los Angeles on October 20, 2021, as anger swelled over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that activists say is harmful to the transgender community. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A second Harvard\/Harris question in the October 2021 poll showed even less support for the transgender claim that the federal government should let people determine their own diverse sex other than male or female: Just 28 percent of people say there are \u201cmore than two genders,\u201d according to the Harvard\/Harris poll.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender activists insist there are many more \u201cgenders\u201d than male and female. The claimed extra identities&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/different-genders#a-d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">include<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cagender,\u201d \u201candrogyne,\u201d \u201cbigender,\u201d \u201cdemiboy,\u201d and \u201cdemigender.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Generally, transgender advocates claim that a person\u2019s sense of their male-or-female nature \u2014 their \u201cgender\u201d \u2014 should be more important in law and society than the male-or-female nature of their unchangeable biology.<\/p>\n<p>For example, advocates claim that federal law-enforcement agencies must ensure that a man or child who says his or her gender is different from his or her biology should be allowed to use opposite-sex bathrooms. They also demand that law enforcement force other Americans to treat them as the opposite sex in conversations, workplaces, cultural events, and&nbsp;even in sexual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/28\/report-trans-movement-pressuring-lesbians-accept-penis-female-sex-organ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many&nbsp;polls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/11\/17\/uk-survey-shows-one-in-seven-people-support-transgender-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a>&nbsp;that the transgender claim is&nbsp;deeply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/transgender-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected<\/a>&nbsp;by most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/11\/06\/polls-show-more-americans-reject-transgenderism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans<\/a> \u2014 even as it&nbsp;is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2016\/05\/09\/lynch-on-gender-vs-privacy3823046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">championed<\/a> by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/07\/12\/medical-journal-disregard-parents-who-reject-kids-transgender-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious progressives<\/a>&nbsp;who promote social diversity to help fracture the civic power of ordinary Americans. This ruthless political agenda <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/2021.11.04-170821\/https:\/\/www.economist.com\/united-states\/2021\/11\/06\/portrait-of-a-detransitioner-as-a-young-woman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">imposes<\/a> a huge personal cost&nbsp;of near-universal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/09\/06\/survey-transgenders-cut-98-percent-of-romantic-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual rejection<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/05\/26\/survey-shows-transgender-seen-unattractive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social isolation<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/26\/transgender-over-26000-women-girls-seek-funds-for-breast-removal-at-gofundme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medical traumas<\/a>&nbsp;on the few people who try to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/21\/transgenderism-a-mans-penis-can-be-a-female-penis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change<\/a> their sexual appearance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.495867768595\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hearing parents\u2019 thoughts, experiences &amp; above all, pain unique to the fierce love of a parent who sees reality &amp; is powerless to get their kid off a train track, makes this audio series hard to listen to but a needed perspective in the continuing debate over \u201ctrans affirmation.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/exdhGnMiYb\">https:\/\/t.co\/exdhGnMiYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Candice Jackson (@CEJacksonLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CEJacksonLaw\/status\/1457155097436114950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The public debate over transgenderism is conducted in school meetings, state legislatures, and in mainstream publications, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a>. Few journalists in the establishment media have the freedom to disagree with their pro-transgender progressive peers. The public debate over the transgender issue is skewed and suppressed by progressive employees at the major tech companies, including Google, Facebook, and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The PRRI polls also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/11\/06\/polls-show-more-americans-reject-transgenderism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a> the public is increasingly rejecting the transgender claim.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the PRRI survey showed that \u201cone-third of Americans (36%) believe that these [male] students should be allowed to participate in [female] sporting events.\u201d That is a one-third drop from 2018 when a similar PRRI poll claimed that 50 percent of Americans said they were okay with male transgenders playing in girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12750102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"42\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fair-play.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12750102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fair-play.jpg\" alt=\"Danbury High School sophomore Alanna Smith speaks during a news conference at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, Feb, 12, 2020. Smith, the daughter of former Major League pitcher Lee Smith, is among three girls suing to block a state policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports. (AP Photo\/Pat Eaton-Robb)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danbury High School sophomore Alanna Smith speaks during a news conference at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, CT, Wednesday, Feb, 12, 2020. Smith, the daughter of former Major League pitcher Lee Smith, is among three girls suing to block a state policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls\u2019 sports. (AP Photo\/Pat Eaton-Robb)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The PRRI poll also showed a two-year, one-third drop in the share of people who believe there are additional genders than male and female. In 2021, only 17 percent of Americans strongly believe there are multiple \u201cgenders,\u201d <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LGBT-Survey-D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">down<\/a> from 24 percent&nbsp;in a prior 2019 PRRI poll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlenn Youngkin\u2019s victory [in Virginia\u2019s election for governor] showed that voters, and especially parents, are waking up to the horrendous consequences of the woke left\u2019s gender ideology, in particular the way that it threatens the privacy and safety of girls in school,\u201d according to a statement from the American Principles Project, which is helping to organize state-level opposition to the transgender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be no surprise to see opinions shifting in polling on these issues as well,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixty-two percent of Americans say each person\u2019s sex cannot be changed, marking a big shift since 2019 away from the transgender ideology, according to the results of a new poll &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}