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