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   bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:   
      
   The overwhelming majority of Americans say a person’s gender   
   cannot be changed, up from years past, signaling a possible   
   shift in attitudes toward transgender rights, according to a new   
   poll.   
      
   A new survey released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday   
   revealed that 60% of adults believe a person’s gender is   
   determined by their sex assigned at birth. That number is up 4   
   percentage points from the previous year – 56% in 2021 – and up   
   6 percentage points from 54% in 2017.   
      
   According to the Pew survey, "no single demographic group is   
   driving this change, and patterns in who is more likely to say   
   this are similar to what they were in past years."   
      
   The survey found that 86% of Republicans and those who lean   
   Republican say gender is determined by sex assigned at birth,   
   compared to 38% of Democrats and those who lean Democratic.   
      
   The survey also found that 64% said they support laws to protect   
   transgender people from discrimination in jobs, housing and   
   public spaces.   
      
   Meanwhile, the majority of adults – 58% – say they would favor   
   policies that require transgender athletes to compete on teams   
   that match the sex they were assigned at birth rather than the   
   gender they identify with, compared with 17% who oppose and 24%   
   who have no opinion, according to the poll.   
      
   The finding on transgender athletes echoes a recent Washington   
   Post-University of Maryland survey, which found that 58% of   
   Americans say transgender women should not be allowed to compete   
   in college or professional sports. A whopping 68% of respondents   
   in that survey said that if transgender girls are allowed to   
   compete against biological girls in youth sports, "transgender   
   girls would have a competitive advantage over other girls."   
      
   The Pew poll comes amid a heated national debate surrounding   
   women's sports and fairness, spurred by the rise of now-former   
   University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender   
   woman, and her record-breaking wins competing on the women’s   
   team. Thomas, who previously competed on the school’s men’s   
   team, has insisted she doesn't  hold a competitive advantage   
   over her female teammates.   
      
   Republican legislatures across the country have sought to   
   protect women’s sports by banning trans athlete participation on   
   women’s teams. Louisiana recently became the 18th state to   
   require that schools separate teams according to the biological   
   sex of the team members.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/60-americans-say-people-cant-   
   switch-genders-years-past-poll   
      
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