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Risk and protective factors for transgender youths' substance use

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019
Research at the intersection of substance use and protective factors among transgender youth is scarce; emerging evidence suggests high risk for substance use for transgender youth. We analyzed data from 323 transgender youth aged 14–18 (Mage = 16.67) to
Ryan J. Watson, Jaimie F. Veale, Allegra R. Gordon, Beth A. Clark, Elizabeth M. Saewyc   +4 more
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Researching and Working for Transgender Youth: Contexts, Problems and Solutions

Social Sciences, 2016
In May 2016, two events epitomized the complexities of working for global transgender youth rights. First, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) hosted a ministerial event in which education ministers from around the ...
Tiffany Jones
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Associations of nonconforming gender expression and gender identity with bullying victimization: an analysis of the 2017 youth risk behavior survey

BMC Public Health, 2022
Purpose Although gender nonconformity (GNC) and transgender identity are both linked to bullying victimization, few studies have examined them with bullying victimization simultaneously.
Qiguo Lian, Ruili Li, Zhihao Liu, Xiaona Li, Qiru Su, Dongpeng Zheng   +5 more
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Advocacy-in-Action: Case Portrait of a Helping Professional Pursuing Positive Social Change for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth

Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 2019
Transgender and gender-expansive youth experience discrimination and marginalization in the healthcare setting, school environment, their communities, and families.
Cortny Stark, Gene Crofts
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Identifying protective factors for gender diverse adolescents’ mental health

npj Mental Health Research, 2023
Few studies have disentangled differences in victimization exposures and mental health symptoms among gender diverse subgroups, nor considered the role of potential protective factors in ameliorating the impact of victimization on gender diverse youths ...
Melissa K. Holt, Katharine B. Parodi, Frank J. Elgar, Abra Vigna, L. B. Moore, Brian Koenig   +5 more
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Psychopathological symptom network structure in transgender and gender queer youth reporting parental psychological abuse: a network analysis

BMC Medicine, 2021
Background This is the first study to investigate the effect of parental psychological abuse on potential psychopathological symptoms in gender minority youth subgroups, including transgender women, transgender men, and gender queer individuals.
Yuanyuan Wang, Zhihao Ma, Amanda Wilson, Zhishan Hu, Xin Ying, Meng Han, Zaixu Cui, Runsen Chen   +7 more
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Beyond the Binary: Sexual and Reproductive Health Considerations for Transgender and Gender Expansive Adolescents

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2021
Awareness and visibility of transgender individuals have grown exponentially. However, conceptualizing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) as “women's” or “men's” health services further marginalizes transgender and gender-expansive (TGE) youth ...
Claire E. Lunde, Claire E. Lunde, Claire E. Lunde, Rebecca Spigel, Catherine M. Gordon, Catherine M. Gordon, Christine B. Sieberg, Christine B. Sieberg, Christine B. Sieberg   +8 more
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Gender Affirmation–Related Information-Seeking Behaviors in a Diverse Sample of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults: Survey Study

JMIR Formative Research, 2023
BackgroundOf the 1.6 million transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people in the United States, approximately 700,000 are youth aged 13-24 years. Many factors make it difficult for TGD young people to identify resources for support
Elizabeth R Boskey, Meg Quint, Rena Xu, Jessica Kremen, Carlos Estrada, Regina Tham, Kaiden Kane, Sari L Reisner   +7 more
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Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth’s Perspectives of Affirming Healthcare: Findings From a Community-Based Study in Kansas

SAGE Open, 2023
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth experience disproportionate rates of stigma and discrimination, contributing to health concerns. TGD people also report limited access to affirming healthcare, yet little is known about TGD youth and affirming ...
Briana L. McGeough, Megan S. Paceley, Emera (M) Greenwood, April L. Diaz, Michael R. Riquino, Tori Gleason, Jennifer Pearson, Dawna Raehpour, Olivia LaFountain   +8 more
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Review: Youth Fiction and Trans Representation

International Journal of Young Adult Literature, 2023
Tom Sandercock’s Youth Fiction and Trans Representation (2022) takes as its focus the developments in transgender and gender-variant representation in North American literature, media, and popular culture for young people across the late twentieth and ...
Emily Corbett
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