How accepted are transgender girls around the world?

Source
Date
Early 2016
Regions Surveyed
54

Full Survey Results

In 2016, ILGA carried out 96,331 surveys on every populated continent, resulting in a report known as "The personal & the political: attitudes to lgbti people around the world". The question herein was taken from page 46 of this report.

Question: "If a male child always dressed and expressed himself as a girl, would you find that acceptable?"

No
Yes
Survey Average (Unweighted)
47.1%
28.3%
  1. 1. Spain
    18%
    59%
  2. 26%
    55%
  3. 24%
    51%
  4. 26%
    48%
  5. 25%
    47%
  6. 25%
    47%
  7. 7. Japan
    24%
    41%
  8. 8. Canada
    29%
    41%
  9. 28%
    40%
  10. 32%
    43%
  11. 11. Chile
    32%
    41%
  12. 12. Israel
    32%
    41%
  13. 33%
    40%
  14. 14. Mexico
    33%
    39%
  15. 15. Italy
    33%
    37%
  16. 38%
    39%
  17. 34%
    33%
  18. 18. Brazil
    37%
    35%
  19. 19. France
    36%
    31%
  20. 20. Vietnam
    39%
    34%
  21. 40%
    33%
  22. 43%
    34%
  23. 23. Bolivia
    38%
    29%
  24. 44%
    33%
  25. 40%
    29%
  26. 26. India
    41%
    30%
  27. 27. Croatia
    38%
    25%
  28. 28. Poland
    41%
    27%
  29. 29. Ecuador
    47%
    26%
  30. 30. China
    47%
    26%
  31. 31. Peru
    49%
    25%
  32. 50%
    26%
  33. 55%
    25%
  34. 34. Serbia
    52%
    20%
  35. 54%
    19%
  36. 36. Iraq
    55%
    20%
  37. 37. Turkey
    56%
    20%
  38. 38. Jamaica
    55%
    18%
  39. 58%
    21%
  40. 40. Kenya
    63%
    19%
  41. 61%
    17%
  42. 62%
    17%
  43. 43. Ghana
    65%
    19%
  44. 44. Uganda
    64%
    18%
  45. 65%
    15%
  46. 46. Nigeria
    71%
    17%
  47. 47. Egypt
    69%
    10%
  48. 48. Jordan
    71%
    12%
  49. 49. Morocco
    72%
    12%
  50. 50. Russia
    72%
    10%
  51. 51. Ukraine
    72%
    9%
  52. 52. Algeria
    74%
    9%
  53. 77%
    8%
  54. 78%
    8%

Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).

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