Picture credit should read: Alamy/PA NOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature FAMILY Trans] The number of 18-24-year-olds who say trans people should be able to socially transition – 61% – remains about the same as in 2022.
Campaigners are calling on Britons to ‘stand up for trans people’ after a poll found that young people are increasingly opposing trans rights.
of attention to the issue in politics and the media, up from 35% in 2022 The increase in opposition to transgender rights since 2022 includes those groups that are typically more permissive on the issue, like women and young people] This is a slight decrease of six points compared to a similar poll in 2022.
About four in 10 (41%) of the 2,078 people YouGov surveyed said they paid ‘a lot’ or ‘a fair amount’ of attention to trans rights in politics and the media, up from 35% in 2022.
Laura Mackay, chief executive of Just Like Us, which has been nominated at the Metro Pride Awards, pointed to a similar study the charity did that revealed that people who know someone who is trans are more than twice as likely to be an ally.
