Trans youth denied hormone therapy almost twice as likely to attempt suicide

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Trans youth denied hormone therapy almost twice as likely to attempt suicide, survey finds

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/08/trans-youth-hormones-mental-health/ 🔗

Siân Thompson (8 May 2026)

A major new survey from The Trevor Project released on Wednesday (6 May) has found that transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormone therapy but were unable to access it were nearly twice as likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year compared to those currently receiving hormones.

According to the report – which included over 10,000 responses from trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people – 15% of trans youth denied access to hormones reported a suicide attempt, compared to 8% of those able to receive care.

The findings add to a growing body of research linking restrictions on gender-affirming care to worsening mental health outcomes for trans youth while also challenging common political narratives around transition-related healthcare access, as reported by Erin In The Morning via Substack.

Among respondents aged 13 to 17, only 10% reported currently taking hormones, while just 3% said they were using puberty blockers, showing the overwhelming majority of trans minors are not receiving medical transition care at all, despite claims that youth are being "rushed" into treatment.

[Dances With Trees]

The debate never was about facts or medicine.

Not to sound bitter, but sometimes I believe those in charge of US policy would have been quite pleased with themselves if all those attempts had been completed.