--- title: Transgender Ban: Most Americans Support Allowing Service description: A new poll released Thursday found that most American voters are in favor of letting transgender people serve in the military. canonical: https://time.com/4886165/trump-transgender-ban-poll/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-03T17:08:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:51:18.520Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Most Americans Support Transgender Military Service og:description: After Trump's decision to ban transgender troops og:url: https://time.com/4886165/trump-transgender-ban-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06c0e1933a12386/6988d852096a941c1a69f025/gettyimages-474382594.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Naval Academy Holds Commencement Ceremony In Annapolis og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Most Americans Support Transgender Military Service twitter:description: After Trump's decision to ban transgender troops twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06c0e1933a12386/6988d852096a941c1a69f025/gettyimages-474382594.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll Finds Most Americans Support Transgender Military Service by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Aug 3, 2017 5:08 PM UTC  The U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy May 22, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy May 22, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Aug 3, 2017 5:08 PM UTC Most Americans believe transgender people should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, according to a new poll. The findings come after President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4885453/donald-trump-legal-immigration-bill/) decided to [bar transgender people](http://time.com/4874394/trump-transgender-military-ban-what-to-know/) from military service. A Quinnipiac University national [poll](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2477) released Thursday found that 68% of American voters think that transgender people should be allowed to serve. That’s including 55% of voters in military households who support transgender service, according to the poll. By contrast, 27% of American voters believe transgender people should not be allowed to serve in the armed forces. The poll found that 60% of Republicans said they oppose transgender service. Every other polling segment, including party affiliation, gender, education, age group and racial group, said they supported transgender service by margins of 22% points or higher, the Quinnipiac University poll found. What’s more, 89% of American voters said it should be illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee based on their sexual orientation. Just under half (46%) of Americans believe that more acceptance of [transgender people](http://time.com/4882553/transgender-military-ban-generals-admirals-letter/) would be “a good thing for the country,” according to the poll, while 14% say it would be “a bad thing.” About 39% of respondents said it wouldn’t make a difference. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4886165/trump-transgender-ban-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4886165/trump-transgender-ban-poll/"},"headline":"Poll Finds Most Americans Support Transgender Military Service","datePublished":"2017-08-03T17:08:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:51:18.520Z","description":"After Trump's decision to ban transgender troops","url":"https://time.com/4886165/trump-transgender-ban-poll/","keywords":["onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06c0e1933a12386/6988d852096a941c1a69f025/gettyimages-474382594.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06c0e1933a12386/6988d852096a941c1a69f025/gettyimages-474382594.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Naval Academy Holds Commencement Ceremony In Annapolis","caption":"US Naval Academy Holds Commencement Ceremony In Annapolis","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4886165/trump-transgender-ban-poll/","name":"Poll Finds Most Americans Support Transgender Military Service"}}]}] ```