A stacked column chart presenting data for Extended Family Support by Age Group. Thirty-five percent (35%) of adult respondents who said that some or all of their extended family members (such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) knew that they were transgender said their family members were “supportive” of them being transgender, and 23% said they were “very supportive.” Seven percent (7%) said their extended family was “unsupportive” of them being transgender, 3% had “very unsupportive” extended families, and 32% reported that they were “neither supportive nor unsupportive.”
Among 16- and 17-year-old respondents who said that some or all of their extended family members (such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) knew that they were transgender, 35% said their family members were “supportive” of them being transgender, and 13% said they were “very supportive.” Seventeen percent (17%) said their extended family was “unsupportive” of them being transgender, 6% had “very unsupportive” extended families, and 29% reported that they were “neither supportive nor unsupportive.”