Largest trans survey ever finds the top reason transgender people stop transitioning is transphobia

The Tiny Percentage of Trans People Who “Detransition” Largely Do So Because of Transphobia: Report

A new survey from Advocates for Trans Equality surveyed more than 92,000 trans Americans ages 16 and older.

Social support and access to gender-affirming care can be lifesaving for trans people, survey finds

Trans people report greater health and mental health outcomes when they have social support and access to gender-affirming medical care, according to long-awaited data from the U.S. Transgender Survey, the only comprehensive study of transgender life in America.  The nonprofit Advocates for Transgender Equality (A4TE) recently released data from the 2022 survey of more than 92,300 trans and nonbinary people. The last data release took place in 2…

Top reason trans people 'detransition' is transphobia, survey finds

New research from the largest ever survey into the health of trans Americans has shown what trans folks have long said – that transphobia is the main reason behind ‘detransition’. More than 84,000 trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people over the age of 18 took part in the 2022 US Trans Survey between 19 October to 5 December 2022, which was run by trans nonprofit Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE). Results from this survey were used t…

Though majority of anti-trans bills rejected, Maine House narrowly advances trans girls sports ban • Maine Morning Star

Rep. Elizabeth Caruso of Caratunk speaks at a press briefing sponsored by the Republican party in the State House in Augusta to support proposed bills that would restrict transgender rights on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)After hours of debate, both chambers of the Maine Legislature took initial votes to reject most attempts to restrict the rights of transgender students to use bathrooms, locker rooms, names and pronouns…

Largest trans survey ever finds the top reason transgender people stop transitioning is transphobia

“In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community,” the survey found.

Transphobia is the main reason why people ‘detransition’, according…

Transphobia’s toll — The largest ever survey of its kind found that just 9% of respondents had "gone back to living as their sex assigned at birth at least for a little while at some point in their lives”, with the biggest reason being discrimination, harassment and being shunned by friends and families. The largest study of its kind into the health and wellbeing of transgender people in the United States has found that social and structural tra…