In Australia, and across the world, an estimated 2– 3% of young people identify as transgender and/ or gender diverse (trans),1 with a gender identity that is not congruent with… Click to show full abstract
In Australia, and across the world, an estimated 2– 3% of young people identify as transgender and/ or gender diverse (trans),1 with a gender identity that is not congruent with their sex assigned at birth. Trans children and adolescents face discrimination, bullying and social exclusion,2 and have high rates of psychiatric comorbidities, selfharm and suicide attempts relative to the general Australian population.3 Many trans children and adolescents have gender dysphoria, which is significant distress or functional impairment associated with incongruence between their internal sense of gender and the sex assigned to them at birth.4
Journal Title: Medical Journal of Australia
Year Published: 2021
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