A worldwide survey of attitudes to “LGBT” issues published in June shows that most people oppose discrimination against gay, bisexual and trans-identifying people, but oppose trans-identifying men in women’s sport. British respondents go further, treating gay rights and “trans rights” differently.
The market research company Ipsos has conducted the same survey across 26 countries since 2021, making it easy to compare countries and to see how attitudes have changed over the past five years. It mostly uses “LGBT” as a single category, though it asks separately about LGB and transgender discrimination, and about specific transgender demands, such as options beyond M and F on passports and funding for gender-related medical procedures.
Its findings suggest that in the UK at least, more people are distinguishing between lesbian, gay and bisexual people, on the one hand, and trans on the other – and between tolerance and support for LGBT people and the demands of the trans lobby. That may help shed light on why corporate sponsorship for annual Pride events is falling. The survey also shows lukewarm public support for corporate LGBT activism, with only 44 percent of respondents agreeing that companies and brands should be “actively promoting equality for LGBT people”.
Continues at https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/support-for-trans-demands-is-falling-globally/
Has link to IPSOS report and this rather interesting chart https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/7d6e7b90-b99e-4568-8e37-c3111665d845