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Youth: Transgender people should use bathroom they're most comfortable in
Young people clash with older adults when it comes to bathroom policies related to gender identity, a University of Michigan study suggests.
Aug 28, 2019
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Supportive families and schools help prevent substance use among trans youth: study
Strong family and school connections are helping prevent transgender youth from smoking cigarettes and using marijuana, even among those targeted by violence.
Jun 10, 2019
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Science Says: Sex and gender aren't the same
Anatomy at birth may prompt a check in the "male" or "female" box on the birth certificate—but to doctors and scientists, sex and gender aren't always the same thing.
Oct 23, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Doctors group recommends support for transgender children
A doctors group took a stand in support of transgender children Monday, offering advice in what it called "a rapidly evolving" field.
Sep 17, 2018
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Pediatrics
Study reveals which transgender teens have highest suicide risk
Research has shown that transgender adolescents are at greater risk for attempting suicide than cisgender teens, who identify with the gender they are assigned at birth. A new study from the University of Arizona takes a ...
Sep 11, 2018
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Pediatrics
Training pediatricians critical to improving quality of care for transgender youth
Two new studies reveal the importance of better understanding the health care utilization of transgender children and adolescents and the need to train pediatricians to care for this population's unique needs.
May 5, 2018
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Pediatrics
Few transgender teens and parents willing to delay hormone therapy to preserve fertility
Research on transgender teens' and their parents' attitudes regarding fertility preservation will be presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2018 Meeting in Toronto. A new study found that while more research ...
May 5, 2018
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Transgender youth more often diagnosed with mental health conditions
Transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are diagnosed with mental health conditions much more frequently than young people who identify with the gender they are assigned at birth, according to new Kaiser Permanente research ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Using chosen names reduces odds of depression and suicide in transgender youths
In one of the largest and most diverse studies of transgender youths to date, researchers led by a team at The University of Texas at Austin have found that when transgender youths are allowed to use their chosen name in ...
Mar 30, 2018
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Transgender youth avoid health care due to discomfort with doctors
Close to half of transgender young Canadians aren't accessing health care when they need it, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia.
Dec 5, 2017
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