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
