Polls: Broad Support for Saving Girls Sports, Ending ‘Transgender’ Procedures for Minors
Four states, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington, have measures on the ballot to protect girls sports, privacy and safety from male athletes who claim to be female. In addition, Colorado and Missouri have initiatives to protect children from “transgender”-mutilating interventions.
Polling shows that saving girls sports and shielding children from transgender medical damage are issues with widespread popular support.
It makes sense. There are two sexes, male and female, they are different from each other, and people can’t change from one to the other.
Support for Girls-Only Sports
Idaho was the first state to pass a Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, with Governor Brad Little signing the legislation in March 2020. Since then, 27 states have passed similar laws.
Idaho’s law was upheld, along with a similar law in West Virginia, by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2026. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that states are allowed to protect girls and women’s sports with laws that keep sports separate based on biology.
But that decision did not require states to protect girls sports. And even though the U.S. Department of Education is investigating schools and threatening funding for those that violate girls rights, many states and schools still want boys in girls sports and private spaces.
That’s why state initiatives like those in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington are so important, and it’s good news that they have widespread appeal.
PBS News recently reported in an article, “Voters in these Democratic strongholds could ban trans girls from girls’ school sports,”
A June poll from Quinnipiac University found that about 7 in 10 registered voters think transgender women and girls should not be allowed to play on female sports teams. About one-quarter think they should. Democrats are divided, with about half saying transgender women and girls should be allowed and about half saying they should not.
Of course, there is no such thing as a “transgender woman” or “transgender girl.” These are simply confused males who have rejected reality and attempt to live as the opposite sex. Doing so is a violation of female spaces and rights.
Even in left-leaning Washington state, a poll earlier this month showed 56% of voters said they would vote for keeping girls sports for girls, 24% would vote against this, while 22% were undecided.
National polling over the past few years has been remarkably consistent on this issue.
Pew Research Center reported on two of its 2025 surveys, saying, “73% of Americans were uncomfortable with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth” (their emphasis).
The research firm added, “66% of adults favored a law or policy that would require trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex at birth,” noting that support for measures protecting girls and women’s sports has grown in recent years.
Gallup found similar results in June 2025, with 69% of U.S. adults saying, “Transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender.”
In a January 2025 New York Times/Ipsos poll, 79% of respondents said male-born athletes should not be allowed to compete against women, while only 18% said they should be allowed.
Support for Protecting Children With Sexual Identity Confusion
Most people also want to protect children from harm, which is why banning transgender procedures for minors has broad support.
This has grown, especially as damage from these interventions has become more broadly known – often through the testimony of brave “detransitioners” whose bodies were irreparably damaged.
In Missouri, which has this issue on the ballot, Fox News reported on a 2023 poll showing, “At least 63% of voters think that transgender children shouldn’t be able to get medical care like hormone therapy, drugs that stop puberty, or surgery that changes their gender.”
That poll cited above from New York Times/Ipsos also found a great deal of backing for protecting minors. Seventy-one percent believed “no one under age 18 should have access” to “puberty-blocking drugs or hormone therapy” for “transgender care.”
In a February 2025 poll from Pew Research, 56% of those surveyed favor or strongly favor policies that “make it illegal for health care professionals to provide minors with medical care for a gender transition.” Only 26% opposed these policies.
An earlier poll from The Center Square found 59% of voters supported such a ban.
It seems most people don’t believe a person can change sex or that children can give informed consent to these life- and body-altering medical decisions.
We’ll find out on November 3 if people vote “yes” on these initiatives to protect girls and women’s sports and sexually-confused children.
Related articles and resources:
Arizona Amendment Would Protect Girls and Women’s Sports and Restrooms
Missouri Voters Can Protect Life, Stop ‘Transgender’ Procedures for Minors
Nebraska Citizens to Vote on Constitutional Amendment Protecting Girls Sports
Protecting Children Is On the Ballot in Colorado
Washington Ballot Measures Protect Girls Sports and Parental Rights
