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In February 2011, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) released the largest-ever survey of transgender and gender non-conforming people, Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (available at http://transequality.org/PDFs/NTDS_Report.pdf).  Nearly 6,500 responded to this wide-ranging questionnaire.  Here are some highlights relating to transgender and gender non-conforming people and their family members

You win some and you lose some

• 70%  of children still speak to and spend time with their transgender/gender non-conforming parent
• 61%  say their family relationships have slowly improved after coming out and/or transitioning
• 57%  experienced some level of family rejection
•  55% of intimate relationships survive the transgender person’s coming out and/or transition (or ended for a reason other than gender)
  • 55%  of those who transition lose their intimate partnership
  • 45%  say their family is as strong now as it was before they came out
  • 43%  maintained most of their family bonds
  • 40%  said one or more relatives “chose not to speak or spend time with me” due to their gender identity/expression

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