A poll conducted by The Bulwark and independent Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre shows that misperception. About 15 percent of Americans believe between 1 percent and 5 percent of athletes in the NCAA are transgender, meaning as many as 1 in 20 athletes. Another 14 percent of Americans think trans athletes make up between 6 percent and 25 percent of NCAA athletes, or as many as 1 in 4.

Combined, those respondents account for 29 percent of those surveyed, nearly matching the 31 percent who, correctly, believe fewer than 1 percent of student-athletes are trans.