A new report from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force reveals the following important data about the experiences of transgender people in the U.S.:

• Respondents reported alarmingly high rates of harassment and discrimination while in grades K-12: harassment (78 percent), physical assault (35 percent) and sexual assault (12 percent); 51 percent of those who were verbally harassed, physically or sexually assaulted, or were expelled because they were transgender or gender non-conforming, reported having attempted suicide.
  
  
• Direct housing discrimination — 19 percent reported having been refused a home or apartment and 11 percent reported being evicted because of their gender identity/expression.
  
  
• Double the rate of unemployment — survey respondents experienced unemployment at twice the rate of the general population at the time of the survey, with rates for people of color up to four times the national unemployment rate.
  
  
• Harassment, mistreatment or discrimination: 90 percent of those surveyed reported experiencing harassment, mistreatment or discrimination on the job or took actions like hiding who they are to avoid it.