Human Rights CampaignParental rightsparaphrasedJan 2022 – Jun 30, 2022
parents' support for their trans/nonbinary child, resources used, and reported school bullying
[Verbatim item wording is not published in the report. Items covered: whether the parent was supportive of the child at each step of the child's gender journey; which resources the parent used; whether the child was bullied because of gender identity in the past year; parent anxiety and depression screening.]
Used the internet as a resource
63.5%
Child was bullied because of gender identity in the past year
55%
Sought help from a counselor or therapist
50.5%
Attended support groups
42.4%
Parent screened positive for moderate/severe anxiety
22%
Parent screened positive for severe depression
19.9%
- Sample
- 1,480 parents and caregivers of at least one transgender, non-binary, gender-expansive or otherwise non-cisgender child under 18
- Method
- nonprobability quota
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: self-selected sample of supportive parents; the population reached is unlikely to include unsupportive parents