Poll Finds Growing Opposition to Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports

Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller (2L) wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood (L) and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn., on Feb. 7, 2019. Pat Eaton-Robb/AP Photo

The percentage of Americans opposed to biological males competing in women’s sports has grown over the past two years, according to recent Gallup polling results.

Overall, 69 percent of respondents in a May Gallup poll said athletes should only be able to compete according to their birth gender; a seven-point increase since May of 2021 when 62 percent of respondents said athletes should compete according to their birth gender.