New CDC Report Highlights Need To Support Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Youth
While the subject content of the article is a “duh” to most of us, this one is backed up with numbers from actual studies. So its a good reference when you are trying to prove what we consider the obvious, to others!
“The alarming CDC data revealed that 27 percent of transgender and gender-nonconforming youth feel unsafe traveling to school and being there, 35 percent are bullied and 35 percent have attempted suicide in the past 12 months. Additionally, the report found that transgender and gender non-conforming youth are at higher risk of attempting suicide than their peers.”
https://www.hrc.org/blog/new-cdc-report-highlights-need-to-support-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-y?fbclid=IwAR3AKhrjx4fw1qU0Ty-nKfl35CnNcNeddtCI85l-bW7xiMX7MKZDAe-peEQ
