Table 5. Announcing a transgender-identification.
| Characteristics | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age of AYA when the AYA announced a transgender-identification (range) | 15.2 average (10–21) | 255 | |
| Living arrangement at announcement | 256 | ||
| Living at home with one or both parents | 226 | 88.3 | |
| Living at college or university | 16 | 6.2 | |
| Other | 14 | 5.5 | |
| AYA’s announcement came from “out of the blue, without significant prior evidence of gender dysphoria” | 256 | ||
| Yes | 207 | 80.9 | |
| No | 33 | 12.9 | |
| Other | 16 | 6.2 | |
| If a time was pinpointed when the child seemed not at all gender dysphoric, how long between that time and the child’s announcement of a transgender-identity? | 250 | ||
| Did not seem at all gender dysphoric when they announced and transgender-identity | 81 | 32.4 | |
| Less than a week to 3 months | 65 | 26.0 | |
| 4–6 months | 31 | 12.4 | |
| 7–9 months | 10 | 4.0 | |
| 10–12 months | 29 | 11.6 | |
| More than 12 months | 20 | 8.0 | |
| Don’t know | 14 | 5.6 | |
| Parent suspects that when the child first announced a transgender-identity, that the child used language that they found online | 253 | ||
| Yes | 175 | 69.2 | |
| No | 53 | 20.9 | |
| N/A | 25 | 9.9 | |
| Parent thinks their child is correct in their child’s belief of being transgender | 255 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 2.4 | |
| No | 195 | 76.5 | |
| Don’t know | 38 | 14.9 | |
| Other | 16 | 6.3 | |
| How soon after the announcement did the AYA ask for transition? | 255 | ||
| At the same time | 86 | 33.7 | |
| Between less than one week to one month | 33 | 12.9 | |
| 2–5 months after announcement | 26 | 10.2 | |
| 6 or more months after announcement | 19 | 7.5 | |
| Other | 16 | 6.3 | |
| N/A | 75 | 29.4 | |
| Intention and request for transition* | 189 | ||
| AYA told the parent that they want cross-sex hormones | 127 | 67.2 | |
| AYA told the parent that they want to go to a gender therapist/gender clinic | 111 | 58.7 | |
| AYA told the parent that they want surgery | 101 | 53.4 | |
| AYA brought up the issue of suicides in transgender teens as a reason that their parent should agree to treatment | 59 | 31.2 | |
| AYA has very high expectation that transitioning will solve their problems in social, academic, occupational, or mental health areas | 256 | ||
| Yes | 143 | 55.9 | |
| No | 13 | 5.1 | |
| Don’t know | 100 | 39.1 | |
| AYA was willing to work on basic mental health before seeking gender treatments | 253 | ||
| Yes | 111 | 43.9 | |
| No | 71 | 28.1 | |
| Don’t know | 30 | 11.9 | |
| N/A | 41 | 16.2 |
*may select more than one answer.