Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth’s Experiences of Gender-Related Adversity

• Published in: Child & adolescent social work journal Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 361 - 380
• Main Authors: Price, Maggi A., Hollinsaid, Nathan L., Bokhour, Emma J., Johnston, Colleen, Skov, Hilary E., Kaufman, Gabrielle W., Sheridan, McKenzie, Olezeski, Christy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescents; Adverse childhood experiences; Adversity; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Best practice; Caregivers; Clinical assessment; Clinical interviews; Clinical Psychology; Content analysis; Discrimination; Evaluation; Gender Discrimination; Gender identity; Health problems; High risk; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health services; Pediatrics; Personality and Social Psychology; Psychology; Sex crimes; Sexual Identity; Sociology; Teenagers; Transgender persons; Verbal abuse; Victimization; Youth; Transgender; Children; Adolescents; Adverse childhood experiences; Trauma; Gender minority stress

Transgender and gender diverse youth (TGD youth; i.e., children and adolescents who do not identify with their birth-assigned sex) face a variety of traumas and adversities, including those explicit to their gender identity and/or expression (hereafter “gender”; e.g., gender-related victimization, c...