Public Opinion of Transgender Rights in China

W. Luhur, T.N.T. Brown, M. Lui, A. Shaw

This report provided findings on public opinion towards transgender people in China from one of the largest samples collected to assess this topic to date. Prior research has been limited to samples of university students, individuals in specific areas such as Hong Kong, and mass attitudes towards LGBTI people overall. In general, a majority of Chinese individuals in the sample were supportive of transgender rights across numerous policy areas, including transgender people's rights to protection from discrimination, conceive or give birth to children, adopt children, marry a person of the same sex assigned at birth, and be allowed to have gender-affirming surgery. Also, a greater percentage of participants agreed than disagreed that transgender people should be allowed to use the restroom according to their gender identity.