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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data shows

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A protester is silhouetted against a trans pride flag during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle children's hospital on 9 February. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/AP

More than 2.8 million people now identify as transgender in the US, including an estimated 724,000 youth, according to a new data analysis that is the largest of its kind to date.

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Williams Institute used federal surveys and data from state health agencies to identify the size and demographics of the trans population in each state.

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