Gallop: trans troops are okay and trans athletes are not

Soldiers, officers and civilian employees attend an event at the Pentagon Center Courtyard in Arlington, Va., on March 31, 2015. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file)

The majority of Americans support allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military but oppose permitting them to play on sports teams that align with their gender identity, according to new Gallup data.

The annual Values and Beliefs survey