More than four in five...

(83 per cent) trans young people have experienced name-calling or verbal abuse; three in five (60 per cent) have experienced threats and intimidation; and more than a third (35 per cent) of trans young people have experienced physical assault.
(Youth Chances 2014, sample size = 956)

More than one in four (27 per cent) trans young people have attempted to commit suicide and nine in ten (89 per cent) have thought about it. 72 per cent have self-harmed at least once. (Youth Chances 2014, sample size = 956)

Two in five (41 per cent) trans people have been attacked or threatened with violence in the last 5 years. (FRA LGBT Survey 2012, sample size = 813)

In the last year alone, two thirds (65 per cent) of trans people have been discriminated against or harassed because of being perceived as trans. Over a third (35 per cent) avoid expressing their gender through physical appearance for fear of being assaulted, threatened or harassed.
(FRA LGBT Survey 2012, sample size = 813)
Almost three in four (70 per cent) trans people avoid certain places and situations for fear of being assaulted, threatened or harassed.
(Trans Mental Health Survey 2012, sample size = 889)

Today is the one year anniversary of my eldest child having top surgery (bilateral mastectomy and male chest reconstruction) We made a ghost boob cake. I could not be any prouder of my son and the wonderful human he has become, after facing such adversity and mental anguish his entire life. One Love.