More Americans want transgender community to use bathrooms according to 'birth sex' not 'gender identity', new poll says

In the heat of discussion regarding the transgender bathroom law in North Carolina, a recent poll shows that more people in the U.S. prefer transgenders to use bathrooms according to their sex, not their gender identity.

The results of the Reuters poll, which were released on Friday, April 22, indicate a decreasing trend in people's support for letting transgenders use women's bathrooms. On the other hand, the public is giving more approval to the idea that transgenders should use bathrooms based on their gender, or the gender specified in their birth certificate, instead of the gender they have come to identify with. This trend had especially been observed in the last two weeks.

On April 13, Reuters conducted a poll on whether people should use bathrooms based on their gender or their gender identity. Out of 331 who participated in the poll, 46 percent said people should use bathrooms according to their gender identity, while 35 percent said they should use it according to their gender or birth-designated sex.

Reuters conducted a similar poll nine days later, but this time the results were reversed. Out of 1,753 who participated, 40.9 percent said people should use bathrooms based on their gender identity, while 45 percent said they should use bathrooms based on their gender.

Comparing the two sets of data, it can be seen that there was about a 10 percent increase in the number of people who believed that bathrooms should be used according to the gender specified in their birth certificate.

These results show that the idea of allowing people to use bathrooms designated for the opposite sex just because the user identifies with that gender is not yet very openly accepted by the general public.

The North Carolina transgender bathroom law mandates people to use bathrooms according to their biological sex or the gender specified in their birth ceritificate. This means a transgender man who identifies as female cannot use the female bathroom. Legislators insist the new law is meant to protect people who use bathrooms.

Although it has been the subject of debate in the last few weeks, the North Carolina transgender bathroom law does not require businesses to implement the rule. On the contrary, the law lets them create their own bathroom rules for their customers or clients.