Belief That Changing One’s Gender Is ‘Morally Acceptable’ Falls to Record Low in Gallup Poll

In this NewsBusters article, Craig Bannister reports that Gallup’s latest “Values and Beliefs” survey found public belief that “changing one’s gender” is morally acceptable has dropped to a record low.

• Gallup surveyed U.S. adults from May 1–17, 2026, asking whether 20 behaviors were morally acceptable.
• Only 38% of respondents said changing one’s gender is morally acceptable.
• That is down from 46% in 2021 and marks the lowest level recorded in Gallup’s annual survey.
• Democrats remain far more supportive than Republicans, but Democratic support fell sharply, dropping from 71% last year to 60%.
• Republican support was just 5%, while 42% of Independents said changing one’s gender is morally acceptable.
• Support also varies heavily by age: 57% of adults ages 18–34 said it is morally acceptable, compared with only 24% of adults age 55 and older.
• Bannister notes that Democrats also became less likely over the past year to call animal cloning and polygamy morally acceptable.
• Gallup found six behaviors fell to record lows in moral acceptability in 2026: birth control, gambling, the death penalty, medical testing on animals, cloning animals, and changing one’s gender.

Read the full story: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/06/11/belief-changing-ones-gender-morally-acceptable-falls