{"id":2966,"date":"2023-04-05T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trajectoiresjeunestrans.fr\/non-categorise\/key-figures\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:20:11","slug":"key-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trajectoiresjeunestrans.fr\/en\/persons-concerned-and-their-relatives\/key-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Key figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Population<\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of transgender or non-binary people in France has never been assessed. However, it can be assumed that the proportion of transgender or non-binary people in France is close to that of Canada, which conducted a population census in 2021 that included a question on gender identity. This proportion is 0.33 %<\/strong> of the general population, which would correspond in France to more than 180,000 transgender or non-binary people.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

There are strong intergenerational disparities in the ability to identify oneself as transgender: in Canada, 0.73 % of people aged 15-19 are transgender or non-binary, but only 0.13 % among those aged 65 or older.[\/vc_column_text]

<\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text]Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being trans does not automatically mean undergoing a medical transition – far from it. According to data from the national health insurance system cited in the Picard-Jutant report<\/a><\/span>, 8,952 people had ALD 31 (\u201ctrans identities\u201d) status in France in 2020. This corresponds to a medicalization rate of 5 % of the trans or non-binary population (estimated on the basis of Canadian data)<\/strong>. This is, however, a low estimate : not all trans or non-binary people who undergo a medical transition have ALD 31 status, and moreover this 5 % figure excludes trans or non-binary people who have already undergone a medical transition (and have stopped or completed it). <\/p>\n

The study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights<\/a><\/span> makes it possible to estimate the proportion of trans or non-binary people who have already received gender-affirming care (hormones, surgeries, etc.) : this proportion was 17 % in France<\/strong>. Among those who had not received such care, the main explanatory factor for half of them was that they did not feel the need for it. However, discriminatory factors contributing to non-medicalization also come into play : 24 % had not accessed care because they experienced negative reactions from healthcare professionals, 17 % could not afford it, 10 % did not know whom to contact, and 10 % could not or did not want to obtain a psychiatric diagnosis required prior to care. <\/p>\n

For young people, medical transition is even rarer : in 2020, 294 minors benefited from ALD 31, corresponding to a medicalization rate of 0.8 % of trans or non-binary minors (a low estimate<\/a><\/span>). In the same year, a total of 48 minors received surgical care (non-genital). The study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights estimates that 1.9 % of trans or non-binary young people aged 15-17 have already received gender-affirming care. <\/p>\n

In France, the number of transfeminine and transmasculine people receiving care is broadly equal, according to information from the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) from 2019, cited in the Picard-Jutant report (2022).[\/vc_column_text]

<\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]Detransitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is detransition?<\/strong> According to the French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorit\u00e9 de Sant\u00e9), \u201cdetransition is a term that covers several realities (stopping a transition, discontinuing a transition, reorientation), which may or may not be accompanied by regret\u201d (source<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

The most recent and robust data show that stability of gender identity among supported trans youth is the norm.<\/p>\n