IPSOS Pride report 2026

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.ipsos.com/en/ipsos-pride-report-2026

'Where we continue to find diverging views is on transgender access to single-sex facilities, healthcare provision and participation in sport.'

Ipsos' annual global report looks like it's showing steady support for LGB people, and support for anti discrimination, but declining support for T people getting everything they want whenever they want.

(Report was released in July)

'Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following:

LGBT people being open about their sexual orientation or gender identity with everyone'

Global average: 49%
UK: 59%

To what extent do you agree/disagree:

'With parental consent, transgender teenagers should be allowed to receive gender affirming care (e.g., counselling and hormone replacement treatment)'

23 country average: 50%
UK: 37%

Interesting and encouraging to see France, Canada, US and Sweden down the bottom there with the UK. Also, sneaky to bundle counselling with X-sex hormones in the question.

Interesting that support for anything to do with the T rights in the UK nosedive.

Thanks for the link, I'm not good at processing that type of info, but I appreciate being told what it all means by people who can understand it.

Ipsos' annual global report looks like it's showing steady support for LGB people, and support for anti discrimination, but declining support for T people getting everything they want whenever they want.

That's encouraging, it's going in the right direction and shows people can tell the difference between LGB and T, and are not becoming any less supportive of same sex attracted people.

I read this last week regarding Canada (forgive the extremely biased article)

https://theconversation.com/canada-is-becoming-less-accepting-of-gender-diversity-new-statistics-canada-data-shows-285031

'Views on Access to Facilities Matching Gender Identity By Country

Q. How much do you agree or disagree with the following?

Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with'

26 country average: 47% agree, 39% disagree
UK: 30% agree, 53% disagree

'Views on Access to Facilities Matching Gender Identity By Country

Q. How much do you agree or disagree with the following?

Government-issued documents such as passports should include an option other than "male" and "female" for people who do not identify as either'

26 country average: 48% agree, 41% disagree
UK: 35% agree, 51% disagree

'Views About Transgender Athletes by Country

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following:

Transgender athletes competing based on the gender they identify with rather than the sex they were assigned at birth'

23 country average: 22% support 48% oppose
Uk: 15% support, 62% oppose

'Ipsos interviewed a total of 19,019 adults'

It's interesting to see that UK is consistently supportive of LGB rights, same sex marriage, etc. And concurrently, while people are supportive of 'trans' people not being discriminated against, they do not support self ID, or access to sport by 'gender', or medication for gender incongruent children.

The country that scores most highly in support across all metrics for 'trans' people is Thailand.

However, :

'Samples in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Türkiye are more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent than the general population. The survey results for these countries should be viewed as reflecting the views of the more "connected" segment of their population.'

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5451549-ipsos-pride-survey-2025

Last year's survey.

I'm loving these percentages 😍

I see the survey used 'assigned at birth', that would seem to suggest a bias in its questions.

The survey results for these countries should be viewed as reflecting the views of the more "connected" segment of their population.'

Are they saying they only asked the educated urbanites and didn't get any stats from the sticks. Again questionable for a survey.

Thanks for the link to the Canadian article as well,

Trans and gender-diverse people only make up 0.33%, and yet entire countries are being forced to change in a massive way to accommodate them.

Hmm they only asked 16-74 (group range) people in the Uk so hardly a representative number

The methodology is worth discussing, but as a rough metric I think it offers some useful insights.

Nearly 20,000 people, and a fairly broad range of countries.

Across all the measures I have looked at so far, support for 'trans' people to access spaces/puberty blockers/sport by gender has consistently dropped over the past few years.

Meanwhile, support for LGB, same sex rights, etc, has remained pretty stable across the board.

Trans and gender-diverse people only make up 0.33%, and yet entire countries are being forced to change in a massive way to accommodate them.

Laws and rules are being forced to change in a way that accommodates males and prioritises male desires over women's safety/privacy/dignity/wishes.

Another way of seeing it is that sexist, patriarchal countries are using 'trans' and 'gender' as a way to undermine women's rights.

Many, many men think that feminism 'went too far'.

My mistake thats the age range 😊

Here's a question that I expect has a very different context depending on the public funding of healthcare in relevant country:

'Views on Insurance
Coverage of Gender Transition Costs By Country
Q. How much do you agree or disagree with the following? Health insurance systems should cover the costs of gender transition no differently than the costs of other medical procedures'

Global average: Agree 40%, Disagree 47%
UK: Agree 27%, disagree 54%

I would say that this question is loaded, in favour of gender 'procedures' being presented as medical necessity. Yet the majority still don't think they should be funded by insurance as medical procedures.

I would interpret the UK response as suggesting 54% don't think that the NHS should be funding gender 'procedures'.

To put it another way, twice as many people seem to think that the NHS should not be funding gender procedures as think the NHS should be funding gender procedures.

'Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public
restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with'

UK

2023 40% support
2024 38% support
2025 30% support
2026 30% agree (53% disagree)

26 country average

2023 55% support
2024 51% support
2025 47% support
2026 47% agree (39% disagree)

Thailand is highest in support of this, with 79% agreeing. GB is lowest, at 30%.

Not to mention the misleading phrasing of "hormone replacement treatment".

Thank you @ArabellaScott and well done that UK!

Thanks @ArabellaScott . Very interesting.

In countries where medical case is paid for by insurance, eg USA, are cosmetic procedures covered by insurance? If they are, then the relatively high support for gender procedures might reflect the attitude that they are no different to other cosmetic procedures, rather than any acceptance of gender-affirmation.

Another question about how the UK compares to other countries: Do other countries prioritise and formalise safeguarding the way the UK does? Does our safeguarding-oriented culture among people who work with children and vulnerable adults influence us more in this?

While obvious progress has been made, there's still some pretty depressing statistics here. Less than 50% of UK participants support gay people kissing or holding hands in public? Only 35% supporting more LGBT characters on TV, in films, and in advertising?

Thailand, and Spain seem like the places to be for a more accepting community; they both seem to be big on anti-discrimination, cultural representation and societal acceptance, though I note Thailand aren't as supportive of gay marriage. I need to look more into that, considering the rest of their survey results.

I mean, I find anyone kissing in public pretty gross. But anyway.

The other notable thing imo is that no fucker has reported on this enormous poll.

The only news item I found:

https://inews.co.uk/news/why-lgbt-people-fear-uk-less-welcoming-4625403