Yes.
Most Americans support policies that require trans athletes to participate on teams that align with their sex assigned at birth, according to multiple national studies.
The Pew Research Center found in a 2025 poll that 66% of U.S. adults were in favor of laws and policies that “require trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex assigned at birth.”
An NBC News Stay Tuned poll also found that only 25% of Americans agree that “transgender women athletes should be permitted to compete in female sports.”
Support for these policies haven’t gone unanswered. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February intended to bar trans women from women’s sports.
Many organizations aligned with this order and changed their rules concerning trans athletes, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Suncoast Searchlight partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims.
