A new poll from NBC News reveals that 75% of Americans oppose transgender women participating in female sports.
According to the poll, views were split among generations, with 36% of Gen Z respondents saying they think trans women should be allowed to participate in female sports. That level of support, from respondents ages 18-29, was the highest of any generation in the poll of 19,682 American adults.
Overall, 1 in 4 respondents, or 25%, said they supported trans women participating in female sports in a yes/no question. The other 75% of American adults said they do not believe trans women should be permitted to participate in female sports.
Cecilia Pogue, a 21-year-old college student from Virginia, told NBC that she believes allowing trans women to compete in female sports comes at the expense of cisgender women.
“We want people to feel comfortable in their skin, and we want them to have opportunities, but we also need to make sure we’re not taking opportunities away from the majority to please the minority,” Pogue said.
The poll revealed a gender gap between young men and women on the issue. About 3 in 4 Gen Z men (72%) say transgender women should not be allowed to play female sports, compared with about half of young women (56%).
