We Remain:
Portraits of Transgender Youth
Statistics
Toned cyanotype on paper
11 inches x 14 inches
2025
Photograph of the artist’s child overlaid with statistics collected by Anthony Barron for Transgender Genocide, A Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Implications of Discriminatory Legislative Trends, published June 1, 2023
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...63% of transgender youth experienced depression
...77% of transgender youth experienced anxiety
...52% of transgender youth experienced suicidal ideation
...18% of transgender youth attempted suicide
...57% of transgender youth wanted mental health treatment and could not receive it
...42% of transgender youth could not afford health care
...44% of transgender youth were concerned with getting a parent's permission to receive mental health treatment
...43% of transgender youth were afraid that their mental health concerns would not be taken seriously
...42% of transgender youth lived in an unaccepting community
...74% of transgender youth experienced transphobic discrimination
...37% of transgender youth experienced transphobic threats or assault
...17% of transgender youth were threatened with or subjected to conversion therapy
...87% of transgender youth reported that recent politics have negatively impacted their wellbeing
...39% of transgender youth identified their home as an LGBTQ affirming space
...41% of transgender youth identified their school as an LGBTQ affirming space
...22% of transgender youth reported getting high support from family
...73% of transgender youth reported getting high support from friends