The decision to change a very young child’s gender identity is a formidable one. There are honest disagreements of opinion regarding the prevalence, psychological/medical and legal aspects of this issue.

In terms of numbers, there is no reliable data regarding the demographic characteristics of very young transgender children. UCLA’s Williams Institute issued a 2017 report in which it estimated that 0.7% of youth age 13-17 identified as transgender. That same report estimated that 0.6% of the adult population identified as transgender.