Centers For Disease Control And Prevention: The CDC report found that those who identify as trans or gender-questioning say that they experience high rates of bullying at school, along with persistent sadness, and suicidal thoughts.

 Libby Emmons

Brooklyn NY

Oct 9, 2024

The Post Millennial

While the CDC did not find that the trans or gender-questioning caused the bullying, sadness, or suicidal thoughts, they claim that "when schools implement LGBTQ+ supportive policies and practices, all students experience better mental health." They also claim that "Gender identity development is a fundamental part of adolescence; transgender and questioning youth who do not conform to social expectations of gender might experience gender dysphoria, discrimination, or violence."

The challenges faced by trans and gender-questioning students, per the CDC, include "being unable to use bathrooms or play on sports teams matching their gender identity, being misgendered (i.e., addressed by the wrong name by teachers and peers), and otherwise being unable to express themselves in a way consistent with their gender identity."

"Transgender and questioning students had the highest prevalence of experiencing violence, poor mental health, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and unstable housing, and the lowest prevalence of school connectedness compared with cisgender students," the CDC wrote. "Approximately one fourth of transgender and questioning students missed school because of feeling unsafe in the past 30 days."

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