A majority of general election voters are worried about efforts to expose children to the transgender movement through avenues like school curriculums, social media and drag queen shows, according to a new Summit.org and McLaughlin and Associates poll.
About 41% of the 917 surveyed voters with an opinion on the issue reported being very concerned and angry about such efforts, while around 30% said they were somewhat concerned and upset, the poll‘s results showed. Roughly 71% of 826 respondents said they supported holding pharmaceutical companies and doctors legally liable for any harmful side effects that result if they promote puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for underage children seeking gender transition. (RELATED: ‘Close To Sinful’: Biden Floats Possibility Of Nation-Wide Transgender Law)
![AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 11: Drag Queen Brigitte Bandit reads a book during a story time reading at the Cheer Up Charlies dive bar on March 11, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Controversy and debate over Texas House Bill 1266 intensifies as lawmakers continue its proposal. HB 1266 is one of four bills filed by Texas Republicans that seek to deem any affiliation with drag shows as sexually oriented businesses. The bill aims to include any establishments that allow performers to wear clothes or makeup that portray a gender identity that differs from the performer’s gender assigned at birth. Under the proposed legislation, these events and other nonsexual performances of drag queens would be considered inappropriate for children and would be classified as sexually oriented businesses, limiting where they could operate. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images](https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1472878564.jpg)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 11: Drag Queen Brigitte Bandit reads a book during a story time reading at the Cheer Up Charlies dive bar on March 11, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged teachers to be transgender activists by encouraging them to participate Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs and using trans-inclusive language. California’s College of the Redwoods (CR) announced in February that it would host a “family friendly” drag show in April, after the CR Queer Student Union’s planned January “Roaring ‘20s Drag Event” was canceled.
The Florida Board of Medicine voted in October to prohibit hormone therapy for children under 18, while Tennessee has banned such treatments for prepubescent children, according to Forbes. Laws passed in Texas, Alabama and Arkansas to restrict transgender hormone use for minors have been met with federal legal challenges.
The poll was conducted from Feb. 17 to 22 and had a 3.1% margin of error.
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