by Diana Tordoff, Arin Collin, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Recent studies estimate that 1.8% to 2.7%—or approximately 750,000 to 1.1 million—adolescents in the U.S. identify as transgender or nonbinary. Many of these trans youth experience high levels of negative mental health symptoms due to anti-transgender stigma, discrimination and lack of family or peer support. A 2021 study found...
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS A study abstract to be presented at the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition found no effect on generalized anxiety over the 12-month study period. ITASCA, IL – Researchers found a 60% decrease in moderate and severe depression and 73% decrease in suicidality among transgender and non-binary youth...
by Travers, The Conversation For people who have never thought about it before, it might sound reasonable to require trans kids to wait until they’re adults before they can receive certain forms of care known as gender-affirming treatment—which is what legislation that just passed in Arkansas does. But this type of legislation actually prevents kids from accessing treatment...
