The 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) is the largest survey that examines the experiences of transgender people in the United States. The National Center for Transgender Equality (now Advocates for Trans Equality) conducted the survey in the fall of 2022 and 92,329 binary and nonbinary transgender respondents from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. military bases took the survey. The USTS was an anonymous, online survey for transgender people ages 16 and older in the United States and was available in both English and Spanish. The 2022 survey followed the 2015 USTS and the 2008-09 National Transgender Discrimination Survey. These surveys provided extensive description of trans communities across the United States and played critical roles in shifting how policymakers and the public view the lives of transgender people. Further, these surveys were crucial resources for educators, policymakers, and healthcare providers to better serve the needs of transgender people.
This report, coming from the 2022 USTS, provides an updated, detailed look at the health and healthcare of trans and nonbinary respondents. Topics focus on general health and access to healthcare, transition-related healthcare, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, life satisfaction and happiness, and substance use. The findings reveal a complex portrait of strengths and challenges that our respondents experience in their lives when seeking healthcare.
