Gender Affirming Policies Support Transgender And Gender Diverse Youth Transgender and gender diverse youth (tgd), which includes non binary youth, are 2 3 times more likely than their cisgender peers to experience discrimination and a lack of safety in schools. 1 4 tgd youth are also 2 3 times more likely to report suicidality, depression, and anxiety than cisgender youth. 5 8 studies document that 30 50% of tgd youth report attempting suicide. 8 conversely. January 2022. gender afirming policies support transgender and gender diverse youth’s healthtransgender and gender diverse youth (tgd) (i.e., children and adolescents whose gender identity and or expression difers from their sex assigned at birth) are more likely to experience poor health than their peers whose gender identity aligns with thei.
Gender Affirming Policies Support Transgender And Gender Diverse Youth Apa adopts groundbreaking policy supporting transgender. The science is clear: transgender and gender diverse youth who have access to gender affirming care, particularly in schools, have better mental health and academic outcomes. gender affirming care includes access to medical and school resources, a new statement of evidence from the society for research in child development says. Gender affirming policies support transgender and gender diverse youth’s health this brief highlights how medical and school contexts are critical for transgender and gender diverse youth’s development and health and offer evidence informed policy and practice recommendations to guide efforts that support youth. Transgender and gender diverse youth (tgd) (i.e., children and adolescents whose gender identity and or expression differs from their sex assigned at birth) are more likely to experience poor health than their peers whose gender identity aligns with their assigned sex at birth (i.e., cisgender youth) due to stigma and marginalization.
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