ABSTRACT
In this chapter I explore the background and core findings of the DC Trans Needs Assessment Survey, the largest locally based trans-focused survey in US history. In particular, I explore how the impacts of the illusion of a consolidated trans community operate in both a figurative and literal sense in how trans lives are imagined. Through an exploration of the findings of the survey I juxtapose these multiple forms of data as illuminating and providing further texture to the complexities of what might constitute trans lives.
