Promoting resilience and emotional well-being of transgender young people: research at the intersections of gender and sexuality

Within lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) research there is increasing health-related scholarship on trans lives, with a growing awareness of the impact of health inequalities on trans well-being. The aim of the paper is to provide greater understanding of transgender young people's...

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Published inJournal of youth studies Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 382 - 397
Main Authors Zeeman, Laetitia, Aranda, Kay, Sherriff, Nigel, Cocking, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 16.03.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Bisexuality
Consciousness
Gender
Gender identity
health
Health disparities
Health research
Health services
Homosexuality
identity
Lesbianism
LGBTQ people
Nurses
Qualitative research
Resilience
Sexuality
Teachers
Transgender persons
Transsexuality
Well being
Youth
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Summary:Within lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) research there is increasing health-related scholarship on trans lives, with a growing awareness of the impact of health inequalities on trans well-being. The aim of the paper is to provide greater understanding of transgender young people's views of what is needed to promote their emotional well-being and resilience by undertaking specific analysis of data collected as part of wider research with young people (n = 97). The study utilised participatory qualitative methods with a cross sectional design generating data via a focus group with trans youth (n = 5), followed by thematic analysis. Findings suggest that both individual and collective capacities or resources enable and sustain resilience and well-being for trans young people. The adversity trans youth face is present in school, the community and in healthcare, but they are able to find places where they feel safe and connected to others. Practitioners, teachers and school nurses are well positioned to facilitate structural change in alliance with trans youth to promote resilience. Research results were utilised to inform health improvement, commissioning and service delivery.
ISSN:1367-6261
1469-9680
DOI:10.1080/13676261.2016.1232481