Transgender Children & Youth

Mountain View schools team up with LGBTQ education group Peninsula Press “Students receive very little health education as it is, so topics such as gender identity and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning issues very rarely get time.” Ross finds that most public-school education about LGBTQ issues are either

Rider GN, et al. Pediatrics. 2018. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-1683February 5, 2018Teenagers who identify as transgender and gender nonconforming are more likely to report poorer physical and mental health than those who identify as cisgender, with less use of preventive health care measures, according to findings published in Pediatrics. Additionally, perceptions of health were varied based on perceived gender expression of these students, with the largest representation of students reporting a gender perception of equally masculine and feminine. “Some of our previous research indicates that, when compared to cisgender youth, [transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC)] adol…

Supporting gay and transgender youth most in need San Diego Gay & Lesbian News The event is held in partnership with the Ruth Ellis Center and is the second in a series of conferences being held across the country to address the unique needs of gay and transgender Americans.* The keynote speaker at today's event is Secretary ...

This morning on TODAY, Megyn Kelly, this is so wonderful: Chazzie's Story: The inspiring message one transgender girl and her parents want to share When Chazzie Grosshandler was in fourth-grade, she summed up the courage to tell her parents that she was not a boy, as she was designated at birth, but a girl. The 11-year-old shares her story and her parents, Jenn and John, talk to TODAY’s Megyn Kelly on what the journey was like.

February 26, 2016Studies of mental health among transgender people in the United States have been consistently grim, showing higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide. But almost nothing is known about the mental health of a new and growing generation of transgender Americans—prepubescent children who are living openly as transgender with the support of their families. How do those children fare in an environment of openness and family support? When theirgender identity is affirmed, are they happy? New University of Washington research suggests the answer is yes. To be published Feb. 26 in Pediatrics, the study is believed to be the first to look at the mental heal…

A school in Northeast Portland has introduced unisex toilets to cater for transgender and other gender non-conforming students – though the bathrooms will be available to anyone who wants to use them 24 March 2013 | By Andrew Potts " Northeast Portland’s Grant High School has introduced six unisex bathrooms across its grounds to cater to transgender and other gender non-conforming students who may feel uncomfortable using sex segregated bathrooms." --gaystarnews.com Oregon high school introduces unisex toilets for transgender students ________________________________ "Grant High School, named for the Civil War general Ulysses S Grant, is Portland’s largest hi…