- Gender-Affirming Care and Young People
- Gender-Affirming Pediatric Care Toolkit
- Engaging the Families of Transgender and Gender Diverse Children | 2021
- Youth & Family Resources - Mary Bridge Children's
- Promoting Empowerment Among LGBTQ Youth: A Social Justice Youth Development Approach
- Transgender Children and Youth: A Child Welfare Practice Perspective
- Putting the Pieces Together for Queer Youth: A Model of Integrated Assessment of Need and Program Planning
- Trials and Triumph: Lesbian and Gay Young Adults Raised in a Rural Context
- Understanding LGBTQ Youth & Ensuring Inclusivity in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Gender-Affirming Care and Young People - HHS Office of Population Affairs For transgender and nonbinary children and adolescents, early gender-affirming care is crucial to overall health and well-being as it allows the child or adolescent to focus on social transitions and can increase their confidence while navigating the healthcare system.
Gender-Affirming Pediatric Care Toolkit - This toolkit is a curated list of resources created by the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center to aid medical and behavioral health providers who are either starting on their journey in gender-affirming care for TGD youth or are looking to refresh or further their learning and understanding of creating safe, supportive, affirming health care experiences for TGD children and adolescents.
Engaging the Families of Transgender and Gender Diverse Children | 2021 - This publication engages pediatric primary care providers, mental health providers, health center administrators and support staff in learning how to actively engage families in the support of their transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children, with the aim of improving the health outcomes for TGD youth. Providers will learn best practices for serving the families of TGD youth, and strategies for successfully providing resources and referrals in response to a variety of family and patient needs and priorities.
Youth & Family Resources - Mary Bridge Children's - We want to ensure you have all the information you and your family need to access gender-affirming care. This resource page is meant to help you access more information and knowledge along your journey. Please note this not an exhaustive list.
Trials and Triumph: Lesbian and Gay Young Adults Raised in a Rural Context
This study examines the trials and triumphs of coming out in a rural context; interviews of seven young adults who identified as queer document the experience of coming out in a rural Appalachian community.
Understanding LGBTQ Youth & Ensuring Inclusivity in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Research has shown that LGBTQ+ youth are at a higher risk for teen pregnancy than other youth populations, although this does not necessarily mean that all LGBTQ+ youth are at higher risk for teen pregnancy; as with all things, risk varies due to factors such as supportive family/peers and safe and supportive environments, among other variables. This report advocates for teen pregnancy prevention programs that are inclusive of LGBTQ+ youth and their experiences.
This study explores the influence of online media on the identity development and coming out processes of LGBTQ+ youth. Results indicate that new media enabled participants to access resources, explore identity, find likeness, and digitally engage in coming out. Participants also discussed the expansion of these newly developed identities into their offline lives.
Advocacy For and With LGBT Students
This article discusses the results of its phenomenological study of school counselors’ advocacy.
This study focuses on reframing the narrative that LGBT youth are an “at-risk” homogenous group, and instead takes into account more individualized real-life contexts in order to disrupt this harmful narrative. While still acknowledging risks and challenges faced by LGBT youth, this approach encourages a paradigm shift from viewing LGBT youth as “at-risk” and deviant, to resilient and thriving.