5 To estimate the number of youth impacted, we rely on state level estimates of the number of transgender youth ages 13-17 published in the Williams Institute report, How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender in the United States? We are unable to estimate the impact of these laws on youth younger than age 13 because the data sources used to create these estimates do not survey children b. [...] { Approximately 85% of transgender youth ages 13-17 in the South and 40% of transgender youth ages 13-17 in the Midwest live in states with at least one anti-transgender law. [...] { 49,100 transgender youth live in states that restrict or prohibit the use of gender-affirming pronouns, particularly in schools and other state-run facilities { 72,000 additional transgender youth live in states where a similar restriction or prohibition of gender-affirming pronouns was pending in the 2024 legislative sessions but has not yet been enacted. [...] The Impact of 2024 Anti-Transgender Legislation on Youth | 4 Gender-Affirming Care “Shield” Laws • 163,800 transgender youth ages 13-17—over half of all transgender youth in the U. [...] While this report is focused on the impact of recent legislation on transgender youth ages 13-17, a prior Williams Institute report estimated that 700 transgender eighteen-year-olds live in Alabama (4,100 transgender young people between pages 13-18 live in the state) and 300 transgender eighteen-year-olds live in Nebraska (1,500 transgender young people between ages 13-18 live in the state).
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