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Tuesday, August 21st, 2018

New Estimates Show that 150,000 Youth Ages 13 to 17 Identify as Transgender in the US

Author:     Noel Alumit
Source:     The Williams Institute - UCLA School of Law
Publication Date:     January 17, 2017
 Link: New Estimates Show that 150,000 Youth Ages 13 to 17 Identify as Transgender in the US
Stephan:   Transgenders constitute a tiny percentage of the population, seven-tenths of one percent. Ask yourself this: Why is there so much hysteria about so very tiny a group? I suggest to you that this is because about 37% of Americans are very sexually conflicted and in a fear fugue over gender issues. It correlates very strongly with conservative religiousity and conservative politics.

LOS ANGELES –An estimated 0.7 percent of youth ages 13 to 17, or 150,000 youth, identify as transgender in the United States, according to a new study released by The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. This study is the first to provide population estimates for youth who identify as transgender in each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

The study, titled Age of Individuals Who Identify as Transgender in the United States, by Jody L. Herman, Ph.D., Andrew R. Flores, Ph.D., Taylor N. T. Brown, MPP, Bianca D.M. Wilson, Ph.D., and Kerith J. Conron, Sc.D., provides new estimates of the age composition of individuals who identify as transgender in the U.S. and estimates of the size of the transgender-identified population by age group. The youngest age group, 13 to 17, has the highest estimated percentage of individuals who identify as transgender.

“Current policy debates in several states have involved legislation that would impact transgender students,” said Dr. Jody L. Herman. “Our estimates suggest that thousands of youth could be negatively impacted by laws that would limit their access to school facilities and undermine protections against discrimination.”

Key findings from the report:

  • In the U.S. population, the study estimates that 0.7 percent of […]
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