Table 2 Transgender and Cisgender Population Demographics and Sexual Orientation (Identity, Behavior, Attraction), Weighted % (n = 1,436)

Mean age in years (SD)

34.2 (14.8)

48.5 (17.0)

-14.00

< 0.001^a

–

–

Age group in years

18.26

< 0.001

–

–

 18–24

36.8

11.4

 25–29

12.2

7.4

 30–39

20.1

14.0

 40–49

12.6

17.7

 50 + 

18.4

49.5

Race/ ethnicity

5.51

< 0.001

1.73

0.141

 White

56.5

72.3

 Black

9.5

11.1

 Latinx

15.7

9.2

 Multiracial

10.4

4.5

 Other

7.9

2.9

People of color

12.97

< 0.001

3.90

0.048

 Yes

43.5

27.7

 No, white

56.5

72.3

Education

3.79

0.010

2.87

0.035

 High school diploma or less

44.0

31.9

 Some college

31.2

31.6

 College graduate

14.3

19.9

 Post graduate work or degree

10.5

16.6

Sexual identity

25.39

< 0.001^b

20.36

< 0.001

 Straight/ heterosexual

17.6

90.1

 Lesbian

8.4

1.2

 Gay

8.5

1.4

 Bisexual

18.9

4.3

 Queer

18.1

0.5

 Same-gender loving

4.0

1.0

 Other

7.1

0.3

 Asexual spectrum

5.4

0.6

 Pansexual

12.0

0.6

Sexual minority

214.51

< 0.001

163.59

< 0.001

 Any sexual minority identity

82.4

9.9

 Heterosexual/ straight

17.6

90.1

Sexual behavior in past 5 years

 Did not have sex

27.7

19.8

4.29

0.039

2.65

0.104

Sexual partner gender in past 5 years

 Cisgender women

51.6

40.9

5.73

0.017

4.08

0.044

 Cisgender men

42.7

39.2

0.65

0.421

0.08

0.777

 Transgender women

16.9

0.8

25.15

< 0.001

22.19

< 0.001

 Transgender men

19.5

1.3

27.72

< 0.001

12.58

0.0004

Sexual attraction (somewhat or very attracted)

 Cisgender women

73.6

52.0

21.48

< 0.001

7.21

0.007

 Cisgender men

58.3

46.6

6.76

0.009

4.11

0.043

 Transgender women

56.8

5.5

135.50

< 0.001

86.63

< 0.001

 Transgender men

52.4

4.8

114.19

< 0.001

67.71

< 0.001

 Females at birth, genderqueer/ nonbinary

59.9

7.6

146.48

< 0.001

92.96

< 0.001

 Males at birth, genderqueer/ nonbinary

51.9

5.4

127.60

< 0.001

77.71

< 0.001