Majority of anti-trans adults don’t know any trans people, study finds
Three quarters (74 per cent) of young adults who say they are not supportive of trans people don’t actually know a trans person, according to new research by Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity.
It was also found that those who knew someone trans were twice as likely to be allies of the community, with just 33 per cent of those who do not know a trans person describing themselves as “very supportive” of trans people.
This was in stark contrast to 64 per cent of people who do know a trans person, whether they are close to them or not. Only three per cent of those who know a trans person said they are “not supportive” at all.
On the whole, 89 per cent of young LGBTQ+ adults were either “supportive” or “very supportive” of trans people, compared with 69 per cent of their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts.
