Gender & LGBTQ

Republican and Democratic parents differ widely over what their children should learn at school about gender identity, slavery and other topics, but they are equally satisfied with the quality of education their children are receiving.

Widespread child care challenges from the coronavirus pandemic lasted into 2021 for some U.S. parents.

Most say that, compared with five years ago, those who commit sexual harassment or assault at work are more likely to be held responsible and those who report it are more likely to be believed.

Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.

Men who describe themselves as gay or bisexual are more likely to say they have received or intend to get a monkeypox vaccine.

On a couple of policies related to transgender people, there is some agreement among Americans, but views of other policies are more divided.

The number of males has exceeded the number of females since the mid-1960s. But by 2050, the worldwide sex ratio is expected to even out.

India’s artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls – which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions – now appears to be narrowing. Son bias has declined sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters.

Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.

The new survey covers topics such as whether the public thinks society is moving too quickly or not quickly enough on gender identity issues.