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Developmental Milestones in Young Transgender Women in Two American Cities: Results from a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample

Year: 2019

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: To understand developmental milestones among young transgender women (YTW), we mapped age estimates per milestone by race/ethnicity and cohort age using baseline data from Project Lifeskills ( n =298). Compared with older and white participants, younger black, Latina, Asian, and other/mixed race transgender (trans) women reported earlier experiences of sexual debut, transfeminine identity disclosure to others, sexual debut as trans, transfeminine identity expression in public, and integration of hormone use. Findings call for increased research and utilization of gender-affirmative interventions among YTW, with incorporation of nuanced, intersecting roles of race/ethnicity and cohort age across milestones.

Source: Transgender Health

DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2019.0008

Authors: Arjee Restar, Harry Jin, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Anthony Surace, Nadav Antebi-Gruszka, Lisa Kuhns, Sari L. Reisner, Robert Garofalo, Matthew J. Mimiaga

Institutions: Brown University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Harvard University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, Lurie Children's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Fenway Health

Language: English

Topic: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Transgender Women, Characterizing the Philippines HIV Epidemic: A Community-Informed Approach to Examine Substance use, HIV RIsk, and HIV Prevention Services Uptake among Transgender Women and Men Who Have Sex with Men, Advancing the Culture of Ph.D. Learning and Scholarship in Biology and Health Science

OpenAlex ID: W2964906892

FWCI: 3.454

Cites: 22

Cited by: 24

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