Nearly four-in-ten Americans say they know someone who is transgender % of USS adults saying they Personally know someone who is transgender transgender
People who say they personally know someone who is transgender are more likely than those who do not to say society has not gone far enough in accepting transgender people. About half (52%) of those who know someone who is transgender say this, compared with 31% of those who don’t know a transgender person. This is consistent with previous research that has suggested that people who have gay or lesbian acquaintances are more likely than those who don’t to support same-sex marriage.
As far as what share of Americans say they know a transgender person, 37% say they personally do, including 13% who say they have a close friend or a family member who is transgender (9% say they have a close friend and 6% have a family member who is transgender; respondents were allowed to select more than one answer). About a quarter of Americans (24%) say they have an acquaintance who is transgender, while 7% say they have a transgender co-worker.
Nearly four-in-ten Americans say they  | know someone who is transgender  | % of USS adults saying they  | Personally know  | someone who is  | 37  | transgender  | % transgender of U.S. adults saying they have  | who is  | transgender  | 24  | An acquaintance  | a close friend  | Aco-worker  | a family me mb er  | Someone else  | Note Respondents were permitted to choose more than one  | response  | Source: Survey ofU.S. adults conducted Aug 8-21 and Sept 14-28,  | 2017.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 