PS: I've looked into other studies of yours, and I was impressed by the breadth of your work. What was the most surprising thing for you to come out of this study?
MPF: I admittedly come from more of a sexual health and sexuality [background]: looking at sexual orientation, and gender identity, and all the theoretical. I had less of the suicide background, so coming into Trevor, I had to adapt to seeing these numbers — and I still haven't, is the short answer to that. I hope I never adjust to seeing some of these numbers. And so it was really striking to see some of these, and when I share this with people, I sort of give them that warning. I see something like, 61 percent of Black trans and nonbinary youth reported self-harm. You know, the number that really stood out to me was that 59 percent of Black trans and nonbinary youth who seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months.
![PS: I've looked into other studies of yours, and I was impressed by the breadth of your work. What was the most surprising thing for you to come out of this study?
MPF: I admittedly come from more of a sexual health and sexuality [background]: looking at sexual orientation, and gender identity, and all the theoretical. I had less of the suicide background, so coming into Trevor, I had to adapt to seeing these numbers — and I still haven't, is the short answer to that. I hope I never adjust to seeing some of these numbers. And so it was really striking to see some of these, and when I share this with people, I sort of give them that warning. I see something like, 61 percent of Black trans and nonbinary youth reported self-harm. You know, the number that really stood out to me was that 59 percent of Black trans and nonbinary youth who seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/GSPl1a8M1OL6C_R86RdXcqFb1Xs/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/10/30/993/n/1922729/aaba818626477feb_GettyImages-1245276978/i/PS-Ive-looked-into-other-studies-yours-I-was-impressed-by.jpg "PS: I've looked into other studies of yours, and I was impressed by the breadth of your work. What was the most surprising thing for you to come out of this study?
MPF: I admittedly come from more of a sexual health and sexuality [background]: looking at sexual orientation, and gender identity, and all the theoretical. I had less of the suicide background, so coming into Trevor, I had to adapt to seeing these numbers — and I still haven't, is the short answer to that. I hope I never adjust to seeing some of these numbers. And so it was really striking to see some of these, and when I share this with people, I sort of give them that warning. I see something like, 61 percent of Black trans and nonbinary youth reported self-harm. You know, the number that really stood out to me was that 59 percent of Black trans and nonbinary youth who seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months.")
