In the basement of Casa Ruby in Washington, D.C., transgender men and women in their late teens and 20s, mostly brown or black, shared snacks, watched TV, chatted or played games on their phones. Many of them, said Corado, are part of the 31 percent.
That's 31 percent of transgender Americans who lack regular access to health care. The finding comes from a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Corado pointed to one crucial word in the study that deserves extra emphasis. "What does regular health care mean?" she asked, then answered the question herself: "Preventable."
The U.S. Transgender Survey found that 40 percent of transgender people have attempted suicide in their lifetimes. But that too, is potentially preventable, said Bradley at the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood.
"What we see is a dramatic reduction in those attempts when people have access to affirmative care," he said. Affirmative care means treating trans people like people, Bradley says, adding that it's not that hard.
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The 64 page report is attached below.
Our ongoing series "You, Me and Them: Experiencing Discrimination in America" is based in part on a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. We have previously released results for African-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and whites so far. In coming weeks, we will release results for Asian-Americans and women.
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