A recent 19th News/Survey Monkey poll found that four in 10 Americans want politicians to stop focusing on transgender issues. It is also worth noting that this is pretty evenly split between the right and the left.

I am one of that four in 10. The survey was conducted among 20,807 American adults between September 8-15.

Before I go much further, I also think it's worth taking a moment to talk about those who do want that focus to continue, in that 29% feel politicians should protect transgender people, while 25% feel that the focus should be on restricting transgender medical care. I can take some heart in this.

The thing I'm concerned about, however, is that there are two ways people can read the 40% who do not feel politicians should focus on transgender issues.

You see, if you ask

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