Most Americans believe that itās a āproblemā that Republicans are transphobic.
A new YouGov poll asked Americans whether they thought that certain issues were a āproblemā for either party. 44% said that transphobia was āa major problemā among Republicans, and another 24% said they thought it was āa minor problem.ā Only 32% of respondents said it wasnāt a problem.
Transphobia was the second most likely issue to be labeled a problem by respondents, after āhostility toward immigrants.ā āTolerance of political violence,ā āconspiracy thinking,ā āwhite supremacy,ā āhomophobia,ā and āfascismā followed closely behind.
Oddly, 40% of respondents said that ātransgender ideologyā was āa major problemā for Republicans, and another 20% said it was āa minor problem.ā 41% said that they didnāt think it was a problem at all for Republicans.
My aunt has a weird obsession with trans people. She told me in graphic detail how the surgeries work, apparently trying to argue itās gross and therefore morally wrong (even though all surgeries are gross) and I was just like āwhy do you know this?ā Why did she go out of her way to research something sheās so disgusted by? I donāt even remember the details she told me.
And she is also distraught by the hypothetical idea of having to call her mother her father or call her father her mother. Neither of her parents have ever expressed any transgender tendencies and they never will because theyāre long dead now.