Proposed changes to the law will prevent schools from providing appropriate support for transgender and gender-diverse young people. These changes could increase their already high risks of harm.
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Children are not routinely being snatched from pizza parlors and sold into sexual slavery. Sex trafficking more often looks like ‘vulnerable people struggling to survive’ through sex.
Many aspects of American society, from language to sports to fashion, remain structured or separated by gender.
For trans youth who couldn’t be themselves in real life, the internet became a place for connection and self-expression.
A genderqueer sociologist offers tips to disrupt gender-based discrimination in childhood.
Trans and non-binary people often avoid seeing a doctor because they fear discrimination. Health professionals need better training to provide gender-affirming care.
Trans people are confronted by discrimination and misunderstanding, but education communities can do a lot to help overcome these problems.
LGBTQ youth use Tumblr more frequently than others. The platform has provided a safe space for youth to explore sexual identities and find crucial support. A new regulating policy may change all that.
Currently the Family Court has to decide for parents and teens whether or not transgender young people can get the hormone treatment they need. This could change today.
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Associate Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago
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Professor in Paediatrics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Senior Principal Research Fellow and Group Leader, Transgender Health Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior Research Fellow in the Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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