57 out of 100 Canadian adults not okay with transgenders – Research

A recent survey by Nanos Research and CTV News found that most Canadian adults feel uneasy about transgender policies in sports, hormone treatments for young people, and changes to students’ pronouns in schools.

A study was carried out in between February 28 and March 2 of this year, a study asked a group of random Canadians who are 18 years old or older about how they feel about different issues related to gender identity and inclusion. The findings show that many people are not in favor of certain policies that have become important topics in Canadian politics.

About 57 out of 100 adults said they were not okay with a transgender person playing sports or using the washroom and change rooms of their current gender identity. And 44 out of 100 said they felt the same about using the washroom and change rooms.

In late February, the Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said that places for women should only be for women, not for men who were born as men. This caused criticism from a transgender person who used to be a Conservative candidate, Hannah Hodson, who said it was very sad to see.

“He just made it seem like trans people are predators,” she told Vassy Kapelos in an interview with CTV News Channel’s Power Play.

Hormone therapy

People who answered last week’s survey were also asked about rules for children’s gender identity.

Sixty-two out of every hundred people in the survey were not happy about letting Canadians under 18 get hormone treatments to change their gender.

The Conservative federal government wants to stop children from getting treatments to change their gender. They voted on this in September.

Also, when it comes to children, 64% of people said they would feel uneasy if a student under 18 decided to change their name or pronouns at school without their parents knowing.

Last year, the government of Saskatchewan made a new rule called the Parents’ Bill of Rights. It says that parents have to agree before their child’s name or pronouns can be changed in school if the child is under 16 years old.

Shortly after the bill was introduced in August, it was challenged in court by a 2SLGBTQ+ group called UR Pride based in Regina.

The government used a special rule to make a law, and there might be a big fight about it in the highest court.

In February, Egale Canada, a national group for LGBTQ+ people, said that the law made by the government of Saskatchewan is hurting gender diverse young people and causing lasting damage.

“We are thankful that we can keep fighting against it. ”

Methodology

The information in this article came from a survey ordered by CTV News and done by Nanos Research. The survey was done by calling people on the phone and asking questions online in February. Between March 28 and March 2, 2024, a group of 1,071 Canadians who are 18 years old or older were chosen randomly for a study. The survey might be off by up to three percent, 19 times out of 20. “The numbers are based on the population, and because of rounding, the percentages may not add up to 100%. “