A new poll finds that while Americans show strong support for LGBTQ+ rights, there is less support for transgender and nonbinary individuals.

New questions in the L.A. Times/NORC survey addressed transgender and nonbinary individuals, as well as contentious issues such as queer youth, education and medical care. The results indicate lower levels of acceptance for transgender and nonbinary people, compared to gay men and lesbians.

About 1 in 4 Americans reported they would be very upset if their child was transgender or nonbinary, nearly double the number who would feel that way about a gay child. While 80% of respondents somewhat or strongly approve of gay and lesbian people living as they wish, only 67% say the same about transgender and nonbinary individuals.

The poll conducted at the University of Chicago revisits questions from a groundbreaking 1985 survey on American perceptions of gay and lesbian people.

The results show a dramatic shift in public opinion over nearly 40 years. In 1985, 72% of American adults believed sexual relations between same-sex adults were always or almost always wrong. Today, that number has dropped to 28%.

Similarly, in 1985, 64% of respondents said they would be very upset if their child was gay or lesbian, compared to just 14% today. Support for laws protecting gay and lesbian people from job discrimination has increased from 51% in 1985 to 77% in the latest poll.

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