Friday September 30, 2016 - New Pew Poll has an interesting result.

A new Pew poll asked 4,500 US citizens three questions in an attempt to find out where America stands on Religious Freedom vs LGBT non-discrimination. There are some very interesting results.

One of the issues polled was transgender people and public bathroom use.

QUESTION:
Should transgender people be allowed to use the public restrooms of gender with which they currently identify (I will call this answer ID.)or required to use public restrooms of gender they were born into (I will refer to this answer as Born )?

Over results: 
+5% A majority of americans support our use of public bathrooms, based on our presentation (ID). This is very good

ID     51%
Born   46%

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There are some interesting results when you breakdown the results

A) When broken down by Transgender type: Public opinion does not differ between the two basic sets of transpeople.

Answer	Male-to-Female	Female-to-Male
ID	51%	50%
Born	45%	47%
Difference	+5%	+3%

B) When broken down by Men vs Women: Woman are our biggest supports.

Answer	Men	Woman
ID	45%	55%
Born	52%	40%
Difference	-7%	+15%

C) When broken down by Age: The future looks bright for our community. We have positive support from those under 30 years old and negative support from those over 50 years old.

Answer	18-29	30-49	50-64	65+
ID	67%	49%	44%	45%
Born	32%	49%	52%	43%
Difference	+35%	+0%	-7%	-3%

D) When a person knows a Transgender person: If someone knows a Transperson, they support us by a large margin.

Answer	Knows a Transgender Person	Doesn't know a Transgender Person
ID	60%	47%
Born	38%	50%
Difference	+22%	+3%

This poll has very good poll results for us. It shows that the more we come out to people we know, the better for our community as a whole. This includes positive images in the media and social networking. If you are deciding whether to come out, remember, it will not only help you but will help everyone.