How many school age children are transgender?

About 0.7 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds living in the United States identify as transgender, some 150,000 teenagers, according to an estimate released in January by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. read more

The percentage of children that are transgender is probably close to the estimated percent of the whole population: .3-.5%. Keep in mind that this does not mean that that many children have transitioned, or are even aware that they are transgender. I'll use myself as an example. I knew around age 4 that I was a girl. read more

For all the heated debate about bathroom access, a central fact remains unclear: how many children in the United States identify as transgender. read more

She specializes in the care of transgender youth, gender variant children, youth with HIV, and chronic pain. Board certified in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Dr. Olson is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. read more