#nonbinary youth

Allies - perhaps your sign to get loud

While only about 1.6% of U.S. adults identify as trans or nonbinary, nearly 1 in 4 say they know someone who's trans. And younger people are more likely to know someone trans than older people.

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More than half of non-binary youth in Canada are avoiding team sports due to discrimination, with only 11 per cent of non-binary youth currently participating, new research from Simon Fraser University has found. According to the first-of-its-kind 2023 Canadian Non-Binary Youth in Sport Report, 66 per cent of non-binary youth have avoided joining an organized team sport because they would have to play on a gendered men’s or women’s team, with four in five fearing locker room layouts. More than half the participants who currently play team sports have also witnessed discriminatory comments, and more than 16 per cent have witnessed physical harassment because of a person’s gender as well, the study found. “We see in our numbers that there is a lot of exclusion and discrimination occurring in sport,” lead author Martha Gumprich told Global News. “We know that physical activity is can improve someone’s mental and physical health, and this is especially important for the LGBTQ+ community. As we know, they have worse mental health outcomes than those who are heterosexual or cisgender. By making sport safer for everyone, everyone benefits.”

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A specialist in adolescent medicine explains what it means to provide gender-affirming care and why it’s so important for transgender and nonbinary youth.

"New policies regarding LGBTQIA+ rights have been in the news recently, and the potential impact could be far-reaching — much of it directly affecting transgender and nonbinary youth.

According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 2% of high school students identify as transgender, and of those 27% felt unsafe at school, 35% had been bullied at school, and 35% had attempted suicide in the past year.

One way to support transgender youth and improve outcomes for their mental health and overall well-being is by providing gender-affirming care, says Dr. Jane Chang, an associate attending pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital and associate professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine.

“Gender-affirming care, at its most basic level, is about validating and supporting children and loving them for who they are as they explore their gender identity,” says Dr. Chang, who specializes in adolescent medicine.

Read the full piece here: https://healthmatters.nyp.org/what-to-know-about-gender-affirming-care-for-children-and-adolescents/

Related: Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care signed into law

I don't ever want to hear someone claim that transgender people and youth are not still under attack. This young kid was killed because of ignorance and indifference. I honestly hope that the kids that killed them are held responsible. Not just to punish but as a follow through to say that this was wrong. What they did to Nex was beyond horrible and they need to be held accountable.

It is absolutely ridiculous the lack of media attention their death is getting. Not to mention that Nex has repeatedly been misgendered and deadnamed by multiple media outlets that have decided to report on it.