Misgendering Should Be a Crime, According to Millennials

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More millennials think referring to a transgender person by the wrong
pronouns should be a criminal offense than think it should be legal,
according to new polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek.

According to the survey by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, 44 percent of
those aged 25-34 think "referring to someone by the wrong gender pronoun
(he/him, she/her) should be a criminal offense," versus just 31 percent
who disagree. The remainder "neither agree nor disagree" or "don't know."

This view remains popular for those aged 35-44, among whom 38 percent
think misgendering should be illegal, whilst 35 percent disagree and 26
percent either don't know or didn't express an opinion.

The rights of transgender people, whose gender identity doesn't match the
sex they were given at birth, and the corresponding impact on women's
rights, has developed into a hot political issue across the United States.
Republican-controlled states have passed a string of laws impacting
transgender people, such as banning sex change operations and hormone
treatments for minors.

According to Pew Research Center, a millennial is someone born between
1981 and 1996, making them between 27 and 42 years old today. The
organization defines Generation Z as being born between 1997 and 2012,
meaning they would now be between 11 and 26 years in age. Thus among both
survey age categories that contain millennials, more people think
misgendering should be illegal than legal.

The poll of 1,500 eligible voters in the United States was conducted by
Redfield & Wilton Strategies, for Newsweek, on July 6.

However the figure for millennials contrasts starkly with that for
Americans as a whole, among whom just 19 percent want misgendering to be a
criminal offense, whilst 65 percent disagree, 12 percent "neither agree
nor disagree" and four percent answered "don't know."

Notably Generation Z Americans aged 18-24, who can vote, are notably less
keen on making misgendering a crime than the older millennials. Among this
group, 33 percent think calling someone by the wrong pronoun should be a
criminal offense, while 48 percent disagree and the remainder answer
either "neither" or "don't know."

More Americans said they would refer to both transgender men and women by
their requested pronouns than would refuse to do so, according to the
survey. In total 37 percent said they would call someone who was
previously male "she/her" if requested, with 17 percent saying they would
continue to use "he/his," 28 percent saying it "depends on the person" and
17 percent answering "don't know."

The figures were similar for someone born female who wanted to be referred
to as he/him, with 38 percent saying they would follow the request, 18
percent indicating they would refuse, 27 percent stating it "depends on
the person" and the remainder unsure.

Representative Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, proposed an amendment
to the National Defense Authorization Act that would require transgender
men to be eligible for the military draft, though House Republicans
decided not to push this to a vote this week.

Elsewhere, Rikkie Valerie Kollé on July 8 became the first transgender
woman to be crowned Miss Netherlands, and will now head to El Salvador in
December to compete in the Miss Universe contest.

Speaking to Newsweek about the backlash she received, Kollé said: "Wishing
me dead and telling me to suicide, those things are terrible to write, but
at the same it's only lifting me up because I get a bigger platform than I
could ever dream of."


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