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# Report: 42% of trans adults have attempted suicide
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/report-42-of-trans-adults-have-attempted-suicide/
- Published: 2021-08-27T10:11:05.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-26T17:44:31.000Z
- Description: A new report on trans healthcare barriers found that nearly half of trans adults in the US have made at least one serious suicide attempt.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Health, Mental Health, News, Center for American Progress, LGBTQ, Trans healthcare, Transgender, US

A new [report](https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/reports/2021/08/18/502181/protecting-advancing-health-care-transgender-adult-communities/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) on trans healthcare barriers by the Center for American Progress found that nearly half of trans adults in the US have made at least one serious suicide attempt, with a further 24% having made multiple attempts to end their life. In comparison, only 1% of straight, cisgender participants had made multiple suicide attempts, and 5% reported self-harming more than once (compared to 49% of trans adults).

Overall, 66% of trans respondents said that they had thought about committing suicide more than once in their lives, with 16% of cishet people saying the same. 60% of trans adults said that over the past month, they had experienced poor mental health for one or more days, with an additional 43% saying that they have a diagnosis of depression.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trans-healthcare-lgbt-1.jpg)

The report suggested that the reasons for these disparities lie in the lack of healthcare for trans citizens, saying: *“Regular harassment and discrimination contribute to high rates of stress and – combined with adverse social, political, and economic risk factors – make transgender individuals significantly more likely to experience poor health outcomes.”*

It concluded that it *“is critical to adopt both robust nondiscrimination laws and in-practice policies that are affirming, inclusive, and culturally competent throughout all areas of the US health care system”* to help support trans adults and provide more effective care. The authors also argued that improved access to healthcare will have “life-saving consequences” for trans Americans.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trans-flag-pride-1.jpg)