18 Facts About Transgender youth

Some transgender youth feel that they need to remain closeted until they feel that it is safe and appropriate to come out and reveal their gender identity to their family members, and friends.

Current research suggests that transgender youth who have been entered into the juvenile justice system are more likely to have experienced family rejection, abuse, and abandonment compared to those youth who are not transgender.

Research has overwhelmingly indicated that familial support and acceptance of transgender youth has resulted in more positive life outcomes for the individual regarding their mental, physical, and emotional health.

Studies have indicated a number of ways that parents or guardians of transgender youth can show support and acceptance for their child with one of them being the opportunity for the child to speak about their gender identity.

Transgender youth have found greater success and emotional stability when parents took on a supportive role rather than a controlling and dismissive stance.

Family acceptance of transgender youth predicts an increase in greater self-esteem, social support, and general health status.

Trans Transgender youth have spoken out in support of their right to blockers.

Transgender youth's hit me on the head with an iron once, and I had five staples.

Transgender youth students were much more likely than their peers to report harassment, assault, and feeling unsafe in school settings.

The few studies that have been done have all concluded that transgender youth are at increased risk even over their gay, lesbian, and bisexual counterparts.

Awareness of the suicide rates of LGBT Transgender youth spiked post-2010, as a result of significant publicity being given to the suicides of Leelah Alcorn, Skylar Lee, and Ash Haffner only being a few.

However, many transgender youth felt as if they were not adequately represented or respected in court.

Regardless of placements, transgender youth are targets for violence, and about eighty percent of individuals surveyed reported that the lack of safety in facilities as a serious concern.

The survey of youth confined made no distinction between transgender and LGB youth, as their experiences are similar.

Furthermore, the placement of LGBTQ Transgender youth is a complicated issue because their wants and needs have to be balanced with what is best for their safety.

Transgender youth are at risk for abuse from both staff and other youth in the center.

Transgender youth's said the staff would call her "him" and "he, " even though she identified as female, and they refused to accept her transition from male to female.

Opponents of the bills criminalizing transition-related treatment for transgender youth are concerned that it prevents doctors from following health care guidelines approved by organizations like the American Medical Association.