Most Americans — regardless of their gender, race or age — are uncomfortable with trans athletes playing on teams that don’t match their sex at birth
% who said, thinking about things that sometimes happen in society, they are ___ comfortable with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don’t match their sex at birth
* Asian adults are representative of English speakers only.
Note: No answer responses are not shown.
Note: No answer responses are not shown.
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Nov. 17-30, 2025.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Most Americans — regardless of their gender, race or age — are uncomfortable with trans athletes playing on teams that don’t match their sex at birth
% who said, thinking about things that sometimes happen in society, they are ___ comfortable with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don’t match their sex at birth
| Grouping | NET Extremely/Very | Somewhat | NET Not too/Not at all | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Total | 13 | 14 | 73 |
| Men | Gender | 12 | 11 | 77 |
| Women | Gender | 14 | 16 | 69 |
| White | Race/Ethnicity | 13 | 11 | 75 |
| Hispanic | Race/Ethnicity | 15 | 17 | 67 |
| Black | Race/Ethnicity | 13 | 18 | 68 |
| Asian* | Race/Ethnicity | 11 | 20 | 68 |
| Ages 18-29 | Age | 22 | 17 | 60 |
| 30-49 | Age | 14 | 15 | 70 |
| 50-64 | Age | 10 | 10 | 79 |
| 65+ | Age | 7 | 12 | 80 |
| LGBTQ | LGBTQ | 45 | 21 | 34 |
* Asian adults are representative of English speakers only.
Note: No answer responses are not shown.
Note: No answer responses are not shown.
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Nov. 17-30, 2025.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
