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Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

Pew Research Center project on Journalism & Media is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues. Pew was previously called the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ).

Selected trans coverage

Rachel Minkin, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Luona Lin and Dana Braga (May 29, 2025). The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/05/29/the-experiences-of-lgbtq-americans-today/

Staff report (May 20, 2025). 3. Views of how much discrimination transgender people, gay and lesbian people, women and men face in the U.S. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-transgender-people-gay-and-lesbian-people-women-and-men-face-in-the-u-s/

Staff report (February 26, 2025). Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people in recent years. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/americans-have-grown-more-supportive-of-restrictions-for-trans-people-in-recent-years/

Juliana Menasce Horowitz (January 24, 2025). U.S. teens are less likely than adults to know a trans person, more likely to know someone who’s nonbinary. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/24/us-teens-are-less-likely-than-adults-to-know-a-trans-person-more-likely-to-know-someone-whos-nonbinary/

Carrie Blazina and Chris Baronavski (September 15, 2022). How Americans view policy proposals on transgender and gender identity issues, and where such policies exist. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/09/15/how-americans-view-policy-proposals-on-transgender-and-gender-identity-issues-and-where-such-policies-exist/

Michael Lipka and Patricia Tevington (July 7, 2022). Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/07/07/attitudes-about-transgender-issues-vary-widely-among-christians-religious-nones-in-u-s/

Kim Parker, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, and Anna Brown (June 28, 2022). Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender Issues. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/

Anna Brown (June 7, 2022). About 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/07/about-5-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-say-their-gender-is-different-from-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/

Anna Brown, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Kim Parker and Rachel Minkin (June 7, 2022). The Experiences, Challenges and Hopes of Transgender and Nonbinary U.S. Adults. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/07/the-experiences-challenges-and-hopes-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-u-s-adults/

Rachel Minkin and Anna Brown (July 27, 2021). Rising shares of U.S. adults know someone who is transgender or goes by gender-neutral pronouns. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/27/rising-shares-of-u-s-adults-know-someone-who-is-transgender-or-goes-by-gender-neutral-pronouns/

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