Only 38 percent of Americans say they believe “changing one’s gender” is acceptable, according to a recent Gallup poll. This is a record low level of support for transgender ideology, with 57 percent of respondents saying they find it morally wrong.
In the past five years, the share of Americans who find transgenderism morally acceptable has declined by 8 points. Still, there is a large partisan gap. Sixty percent of Democrats find it acceptable compared to 5 percent of Republicans.
This data follows a wave of backlash against transgenderism, particularly regarding surgeries for minors. Earlier this year, a New York State jury awarded a woman $2 million after she underwent a double mastectomy at the age of 16. This is one of several cases of detransitioners suing after regretting having surgery as minors.
Similarly, the Supreme Court case U.S. v. Skrmetti dealt a major blow to trans activists. In a 6-3 ruling, the court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibited the surgical and chemical castration of minors. In his concurrent opinion, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas lambasted the “expert class” for promoting transgender ideology under the guise of “science.”
Detransitioner Prisha Mosley, who began taking cross-sex hormones at 17 years old, said doctors affirmed her delusions. “I had my healthy breasts removed because I believed I was broken and that more medical procedures could fix me,” Mosley said. “Today, I live with the permanent consequences of those decisions.” The increase in detransitioners speaking out goes hand-in-hand with the decline in trans acceptance.
The Trump administration has also responded to this cultural shift by taking steps to reverse Biden-era policies that attempted to force men into women’s bathrooms and sports teams. This includes reversing the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul, which attempted to block sex-segregated spaces and force students and teachers to comply with “preferred pronouns.”
This new data is in line with other cultural trends in recent years, such as Generation Z’s shift towards conservatism and religion. Gen Zers, who were raised in the era of intense DEI and LGBT propaganda, trend far more conservative than previous generations.
Support for other contentious issues, such as same-sex marriage and abortion, is also down. The same poll found that only 18 percent of Republicans and 49 percent of Independents find abortion morally acceptable.
Although this data shows a trend toward conservative values, the pro-LGBT movement continues to fight. No matter what Americans think, corporations and sports teams continue to cover their logos in rainbow colors the entire month of June to celebrate “pride.”
In addition, some states continue to uphold laws that deny biological reality. The Montana Supreme Court recently ruled in a 5-2 decision that requiring citizens to report their true sex on state documents such as driver’s licenses is “discrimination.” This ruling means people in Montana can choose to place a false sex designation on their driver’s licenses, birth certificates, and more.
Still, given recent polling, there is reason to believe that the public is rejecting transgender ideology after years of left-wing cultural domination.
