Broad support for general civil rights, but polarization on key issues from bathrooms to sports — By: Daniel Lewis, Andrew R. Flores, Don Haider-Markel, Patrick Miller and Jami Taylor Over the past year, states across the country have introduced and enacted policies that restrict the rights of transgender people. Republican state legislators introduced 64 bills to ban transgender students from participating in athletics that match their gender identity, bringing the number of statewide bans to 18. …