Public Opinion of Transgender Rights in Mexico

W. Luhur, I. Lozano-Verduzco, A. Shaw

This report presents information on public opinion about transgender people and their rights in Mexico. We analyzed data from The Global Attitudes Toward Transgender People survey, Mexico panel, to provide new information on views toward transgender people, their rights, and their status in society. This is the first study to examine attitudes specifically toward transgender people and their rights in Mexico. The data presented in this report can be understood in the context of previous research carried out in Mexico regarding sexual minorities, particularly the way such communities are understood and viewed. The findings show that transgender people are becoming visible in different sectors of the Mexican population, since more than half of the respondents reported having a transgender individual as an acquaintance, friend, or family member. Findings also reflect a similar pattern to those found in studies on homophobia, where men, older people, and respondents with less formal education are less accepting of gender expressions that do not align with cis-normativity compared with women, younger people, and respondents with higher levels of formal education.