Version Date: May 22, View help for published. James, Sandy E. The U. The USTS questionnaire was administered online and data were collected over a day period in the summer of , between August 19 and September The USTS Public Use Dataset PUDS features survey results from 27, respondents and details the experiences of transgender people across a wide range of areas, such as education, employment, family life, health, housing, and interactions with police and prisons. The survey instrument had thirty-two sections that covered a broad array of topics, including questions related to the following topics in alphabetical order : accessing restrooms; airport security; civic participation; counseling; family and peer support; health and health insurance; HIV; housing and homelessness; identity documents; immigration; intimate partner violence; military service; police and incarceration; policy priorities; public accommodations; sex work; sexual assault; substance use; suicidal thoughts and behaviors; unequal treatment, harassment, and physical attack; and voting.

Interviews with over 6, transgender and gender non-conforming people made it the largest such study at the time it was conducted. The study has been a game changer—both for our policy work and for cultural change. For the first time, we were able to quantify the discrimination and violence transgender people face.

This report assesses current practices in sex and gender-related population research and offers strategies for establishing consistent, scientifically rigorous procedures for gathering information relevant to the needs and experiences of transgender people and other gender minorities. Why ask survey questions to identify transgender and other gender minorities in surveys? Transgender and other gender minority individuals come from a wide range of geographic and demographic backgrounds.