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

CONTENT WARNING

This excerpt contains mentions of discrimination against trans children, conversion therapy, suicide, assault, and mental health risks

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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