TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents' reactions to transgender youths' gender nonconforming expression and identity
AU - Grossman, Arnold H.
AU - D'Augelli, Anthony R.
AU - Howell, Tamika Jarrett
AU - Hubbard, Steven
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Research Challenge Fund of New York University.
PY - 2006/7/17
Y1 - 2006/7/17
N2 - Fifty-five transgender youth described their gender development and expression, parents' reactions to their gender nonconformity, and initial and current mothers' and fathers' reactions to their transgender identity. All of the youth reported feeling different from others in early childhood. Forty-three of the participants' mothers and 26 of their fathers knew about their identities. The youth reported that 54% of their mothers and 63% of their fathers initially reacted negatively, and 50% of the mothers and 44% of their fathers reacted negatively at the time of the interviews, an average of 3 years later. The more gender nonconforming the youth, the more likely they reported that they were verbally and physically abused by their mothers and fathers. Implications of these findings for social service professionals are discussed.
AB - Fifty-five transgender youth described their gender development and expression, parents' reactions to their gender nonconformity, and initial and current mothers' and fathers' reactions to their transgender identity. All of the youth reported feeling different from others in early childhood. Forty-three of the participants' mothers and 26 of their fathers knew about their identities. The youth reported that 54% of their mothers and 63% of their fathers initially reacted negatively, and 50% of the mothers and 44% of their fathers reacted negatively at the time of the interviews, an average of 3 years later. The more gender nonconforming the youth, the more likely they reported that they were verbally and physically abused by their mothers and fathers. Implications of these findings for social service professionals are discussed.
KW - Childhood abuse
KW - Gender
KW - Gender nonconformity
KW - Parent
KW - Transgender
KW - Youth
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U2 - 10.1300/J041v18n01_02
DO - 10.1300/J041v18n01_02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746541678
SN - 1053-8720
VL - 18
SP - 3
EP - 16
JO - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
JF - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
IS - 1
ER -