Claim: 45% of young trans people in this country, modern Britain, have attempted suicide.
Fact-check: Young trans people in Britain - Full Fact
Verdict: we can't say how representative this is of the young trans community in britain as a whole—the overall sample was not adjusted to try and be representative. it's based on a survey of lgbt people aged 11 to 19, with 594 young trans respondents.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-03-23T00:00:00