These change have affected "really critical programs like the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline or data collections about runaway and homeless youth," Klein says. These have been among the removals that, over the past year, have garnered widespread concern because trans people are known to experience higher rates of suicide and homelessness than others—crises that have grown worse as a result of the administration's anti-trans policies and rhetoric.
"Without the data, disparities don't just magically disappear, but they do become more difficult to document and address," says Caroline Medina, a senior advisor for data policy at the Movement Advancement Project (MAP)…
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