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On his first day, Trump signed an executive order calling on the government to recognize people as male or female based on the “biological truth” of their future cells at conception, rather

than accept scientific evidence that gender is a spectrum. Since then, he’s begun ousting transgender service members from the military, and tried to bar transgender women and girls from

sports competitions for females and block federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19, among other orders. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for

Public Affairs Research conducted in May found that about half of US adults approve of how Trump is handling transgender issues, with a range of views on specific actions. According to the

Pew poll, about two-thirds of LGBTQ+ adults said the US Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationally 10 years ago boosted acceptance of same-sex couples “a lot more” or

“somewhat more.” The Supreme Court is expected to rule in coming weeks on a major case regarding transgender people — deciding whether Tennessee can enforce a ban on gender-affirming care

for minors. Transgender people are less likely than gay or lesbian adults to say they’re accepted by all their family members. The majority of LGBTQ+ said their siblings and friends accepted

them, though the rates were slightly higher among gay or lesbian people. About half of gay and lesbian people said their parents did, compared with about one-third of transgender people.

Only about 1 in 10 transgender people reported feeling accepted by their extended family, compared with about 3 in 10 gay or lesbian people. Transgender people are more likely than gay,

lesbian or bisexual people to say they feel “extremely” or "very" connected to a broader LGBTQ+ community and to say that all or most of their friends are also LGBTQ+. Some

elements of the experience are similar. About one-third of transgender and lesbian or gay adults said they first felt they might be LGBTQ+ by the time they were 10 and most did by age 13.

About half waited until they were at least 18 to first tell someone. Aubrey Campos, 41, runs a taco truck near a hub of LGBTQ+ bars in Fort Worth, Texas, and also serves as a community

organizer. She says her parents were supportive when she came out as transgender at about age 12. But the younger trans people she works with often have very different experiences —

including some who were kicked out of their homes. “Now the times are a little bit dark," she said. "This is a time that we to come together and make it brighter and make it known

that we aren’t going to just disappear.”