New figures from LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation, Just Like Us, show that only 35% of young trans people have felt optimistic about their future on a weekly basis during the past year.
The survey, which interviewed a total of 2,934 secondary school pupils (1,140 of whom identified as LGBTQ+), found 14% of trans youth never felt positive about their future, compared to 10% of bisexual young people, 10% of gay men, and 6% of lesbians.
Overall, LGBTQ+ young people are considerably less likely to feel optimistic about the future than non-LGBTQ+ youth. 45% of LGBTQ+ respondents said they had felt optimistic about the future on a weekly basis in the past 12 months, compared to 64% of non-LGBTQ+ young people.