4 in 10 Americans Say Gender Is Not Determined at Birth: Survey
A new survey shows that 44 percent of Americans say a person's gender is not determined at birth and that a person can be a man or a woman regardless of the "sex they were assigned at birth."
Pew Research Center conducted a survey in August and September and, based on 4,573 responses, found that Americans are deeply divided when it comes to transgender issues. A majority of Republicans and those who lean Republican (80 percent) say whether someone is a man or a woman is "determined by sex at birth." Only 34 percent of Democrats and those who lean Democrat agree.
Millennials are least likely, among other generations, to agree with the statement that one's gender is determined by sex at birth, with less than half (49 percent) saying so....