About 3.3% of high school students identify as transgender and another 2.2% have at some point questioned if they were one, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About one-quarter, 26%, of trans and questioning students attempted suicide in the past year compared with 11% of cisgender female students and 5% of cisgender male students, the CDC found.
Trans students were also more likely to report being bullied at school, consistent with previous research on the subject.
An estimated 40% of trans and questioning students said they were bullied at school, compared to 20.3% of cis female students and 14.8% of cis male students.
Significantly more trans students and questioning students, at 10.7% and 10%, respectively, reported experiencing unstable housing in the past 30 days, compared to 1.8% of cisgender female students and 2.1% of cisgender male students.
Persons:
” Kathleen Ethier, Ethier, ” Ethier, Trevor, Ronita Nath, ”, ” Nath
Organizations:
Centers for Disease Control, CDC, GSA
Locations:
United States, U.S