"Trans folks have been saying for a long time that in order to be seen, we need to be counted. Now, people can look back at their own high schools and see that out of 50 of their classmates — the kids that they played soccer with, the kids that they sat with at lunch, the kids in their algebra class — at least one is trans."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/04/transgender-trans-cdc-data-census-suicide-self-harm-lgtbq-column/2725612002/