Transgender Youth: Perceptions, Media Influences and Social Challenges (Human Sexuality) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1536139289 ISBN 13: 9781536139280

Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc, 2018

Synopsis

According to the Youth Suicide Prevention Program, “more than 50% of transgender youth will have had at least one suicide attempt by their 20th birthday.” This data demonstrates a dire need for caregivers, educators and providers to have a better understanding of youths experiencing gender dysphoria. Presently, our binary society makes the lives of transgender youth more challenging than they need be. Childhood and adolescence mark the start of our gender identity development, our sexual orientation development, and our racial identity development. Those intersections create enough interpersonal and intrapersonal challenges without the added stress of rejection for belonging to a minority group in one or more of those three developmental areas. These transgender youth are growing into transgender adults who own businesses, become politicians, join the military, and become parents. They are a natural and needed part of our society. This book was created to give a voice to these indi

About this edition

• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1536139289
• ISBN 13: 9781536139280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 239
• Editor: Vaughn Shemya