Transgender

• The sex listed on an original birth certificate should be the only way to define gender (April 2026)

  Respondents were asked, "Do you think that the sex listed on a person’s original birth certificate should be the only way to define a person’s gender?"

• Whether someone is a man or a woman... (April 2026)

  Respondents were asked, "Which statement comes closer to your own view, even if neither is exactly right?"

• Importance for The Texas Legislature to address require people to use restrooms that match their birth gender in government and public school buildings during the special session (August 2025)

  Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Governor Greg Abbott recently called a special session of the Texas Legislature to address the following items. Please tell us how important or unimportant you think it is for the Texas Legislature to address each of the following in a special session? Requiring people to use restrooms that match their birth gender in government and public school buildings."

• Second Reading Podcast: A final pre-election look at Texas attitudes on key campaign issues

  November 01, 2024 | By: Texas Politics Project

  Jim Henson and Joshua Blank review Texas attitudes on the issues being promoted to attempted comparative advantage  by the presidential and U.S. Senate campaigns in Texas: immigration & the border, abortion, and transgender rights.

• Discrimination against Transgender people (August 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...Transgender people."

• Why Transgender Politics are So Irresistible to Republicans in the 88th Texas Legislature

  May 18, 2023 | By: Joshua Blank, Jim Henson

  Any issue that finds partisans on one side in overwhelming agreement over the fundamentals of an issue pitted against a divided opposition is one that provides major political advantages for the unified side. Legislating the lives of transgender people is one of those issues. 

• New UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: Most Texans look to Republican leaders to resolve differences, deliver on major priorities

  May 03, 2023 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds large majorities of Texans saying that it’s important for the legislature to improve the reliability of the state’s energy grid and water supply while reducing property taxes – even as disagreements among the state’s Republican leadership about how to accomplish some of these goals, particularly property tax reduction, but also grid reliability, continue to boil over in public.

  The poll reveals much less agreement and more partisan division in opinions about what the legislature needs to accomplish, and in response to specific policy proposals, especially on social and cultural issues that continue to roil politics across the nation, including abortion, transgender rights, and education.

• Support or Oppose: Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors (April 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors."

• Support or Oppose: Requiring athletic participation to be based on biological sex in K-12 and higher education institutions in Texas (April 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: Requiring athletic participation to be based on biological sex in K-12 and higher education institutions in Texas."

• Impact on Public Education System: Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about gender identity and/or sexual orientation (April 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about gender identity and/or sexual orientation."