Survey: More Americans Know a Trans Person, Yet Acceptance Unchanged A Pew Research Center survey finds more acquaintance with trans people and those who prefer gender-neutral pronouns, but comfort levels haven't moved in recent years. July 27 2021 7:56 PM EDT More U.S. adults than ever say they know someone who’s transgender or who uses gender-neutral pronouns, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, yet acceptance of trans people remains static and divided among partisan lines. Forty-two percent of survey respondents said they personally know someone who’s trans, up five percentage points from 2017, says the Pew Research report, released Tuesday. Twenty-six percent said they’re acquainted with a person who prefers gender-neutral pronouns, such as “they,” up from 18 percent when the question was last asked in 2018.