estimates from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report that 1.8 percent of teens agreed with the statement, “Yes, I am transgender.”4 A survey from GLAAD conducted by the Harris Poll suggests significantly higher rates of transgender and gender variant experiences among younger people. Titled “Accelerating Acceptance,” the 2017 survey suggests 12 percent of people between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four identify as transgender or gender nonconforming, more than twice the percentage of those
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