"The findings in the report demonstrate that transgender and questioning students experience more violence, less school connectedness, more unstable housing, poorer mental health, and more suicidal thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender peers."
40% of trans and questioning students reported being bullied at school, and 26% said they attempted suicide in the past year. In comparison, only 5% of cisgender males said the same.
The Trevor Project's 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People confirmed the importance of affirming spaces, finding that LGBTQ+ youth with access to such spaces are less likely to attempt suicide.
Trans students also appear to be more open when it comes to sexuality. While almost 80% of cisgender students said their sexual identity was heterosexual, only 8.7% of trans students and 7.5% of questioning students said the same.
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