The Data Doesn't Lie

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• Population Estimates

  • 0.6%-3% of the world population

  • 0.6% of the U.S. population (Williams Institute).

  • 0.6% of the U.S. military (Williams Institute)

  • About 80% of trans or gender nonconforming people are 18 years or older (Herman, Flores, & O'Neill)

• Crime Data

  • Transgender people are 3.9 times more likely to be the victims of a crime; 86.2 victimizations per 1000 people (Buist & Stone)

  • Between 2013 and 2019, hate crimes against trans people have increased by 587% (Gauthier, Medinca, & Dierkhising)

    • The FBI reported 127 hate crimes against Transgender and Gender Non-conforming people in 2016, and reported 539 hate crimes in 2023 (FBI Crime Data Explorer)

  • ​Almost half of transgender and gender diverse individuals (47%) report having been sexually assaulted in their lifetime. These rates are higher among people of color (Abern, Diego, Krempasky, Cook, & Maquire)

    • Another study found that 80% of Transgender or Gender Non-conforming people reported being the victim of sexual assault, compared to the rate of 24.8% for women in general (Canan, Denniston-Lee, & Jozkowski)

  • Transgender people are 2.5 times more likely to be victims of violent crime (Bureau of Justice Statistics - Violent Victimization Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 2017-2020 [Report now censored on BJS website])

    • 15 Transgender people in the U.S. were victims of homicide in 2014, with that number increasing to 57 in 2021 (Lantz, Faulkner, & Mills)

    • Transgender people in the U.S. face violent victimization at a rate of 93.7 per 1,000 people; compared to the rate of 23.4 per 1,000 for women (Meyer & Flores)

  • Only 0.3% of the U.S. prison population is transgender or gender non-conforming (Bureau of Justice Statistics - Survey of Prison Inmates)

• Gender-Affirming Treatment

  • A 2019 study found that 0 minors under the age of 13 received gender-affirming surgery, with very few performed on 13-17 year olds (of those, 80% were conducted on cisgender (non-trans) boys (mostly for breast reduction). (Herman, Flores, & O'Neill)

  • 29% of trans people will attempt suicide during their lives. Hormone therapy is shown to positively reduce this rate (Kohnepoushi, et al.)

  • In trying to discredit Gender-Affirming Care, the state of Utah (Nov. 2024 report) started a systematic review of Gender-Affirming Medical Treatments and their impact. Their own 1,051 page report found that:

    • There is substantial evidence of the impact of Gender Affirming Medical Treatments. Their review found 277 studies to examine, including 230 primary clinical studies reporting on at least 28,056 pediatric patients around the world (p. 90). ​

    • Evidence shows that Gender Affirming Medical Treatments are effective for improving mental health and psychosocial outcomes. Furthermore, the treatments are shown to be safe in terms of changes to bone density, cardiovascular risk, metabolic changes, and cancer (p. 90). 

• Medical Detransitioning

  • A 2022 survey with 84,170 adult respondents found that only "9% had gone back to living as their sex assigned at birth at least for a little while at some point in their lives...due predominantly to challenges related to social acceptance"

    • Only 0.36% of medically transitioned respondents chose to return to their sex assigned at birth because gender transition was not for them

    • 98% of respondents on hormone therapy affirmed that their gender-affirming hormone therapy made them more satisfied with their lives 

    • 97% of respondents who had undergone gender-affirming surgery reported that it made them more satisfied with their lives (Health and Wellbeing: A Report of the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey)

  • A 2024 article found that the medical gender detransition rate was 0.75% [of 2,396 people studied] (Medical Gender Detransition is Mainly Associated with Psychological Factors)