Digging beneath the surface: Results from stage one of a qualitative analysis of factors influencing the well-being of trans youth in Quebec

Sansfaçon, Annie Pullen; Hébert, William; Lee, Edward Ou Jin; Faddoul, Maxime; Tourki, Dalia; Bellot, Céline

doi:10.1080/15532739.2018.1446066

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“…Considering that strong parental support and acceptance are crucial to the well-being of trans children and youth (Ehrensaft et al, 2018; Klein & Golub, 2016; Travers et al, 2012) and represent a “significant resource to cope with difficulties in other spheres in their lives” for young people (Pullen Sansfaçon et al, 2018, p. 192), a more systemic, family approach to care in clinics that work with trans youth would be desirable. Our results highlight that despite showing support for their child’s gender identity by bringing them to the clinic, some parents continue to struggle, which can affect their child’s well-being.…”

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“…Family-based rejection, stigma, and discrimination are known to be detrimental to trans and gender-diverse youth (hereafter “trans youth”) (Pullen Sansfaçon et al, 2018; Simons, Schrager, Clark, Belzer, & Olson, 2013; Travers et al, 2012). Research has also shown that trans youth who benefit from family acceptance, support, and affirmation of their gender identity experience greater overall quality of life and positive well-being and lower rates of self-harm, depression, and suicidality (Aramburu Alegria, 2018; Durwood, McLaughlin, & Olson, 2017; Katz-Wise, Ehrensaft, Vetters, Forcier, & Austin, 2018; Olson, Durwood, DeMeules, & McLaughlin, 2016; Veale, Saewyc, Frohard-Dourlent, Dobson, & Clark, 2015).…”

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Parents’ Journeys to Acceptance and Support of Gender-diverse and Trans Children and Youth

Sansfaçon

Kirichenko

Holmes

et al. 2019

Journal of Family Issues

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Over the past 5 years in Canada, clinicians have observed an increasing number of gender-diverse and trans children and youth (GDTCY) accessing clinics for gender-affirming care. GDTCY who are able to access care are usually accompanied by their families, which provides a unique opportunity to integrate them into the treatment team. GDTCY have better health and social outcomes when strongly supported by their parents/caregivers. To optimize young people’s health and well-being, it is essential that we learn more about family experiences in supporting their GDTCY and in overcoming barriers to accessing services. This project is one of the first qualitative studies that aims to develop a deeper understanding of GDTCY and their parents/caregivers’ experiences of the gender-affirming care setting. This paper explores their journeys in coming to terms with their child’s gender identity, including reactions to the child’s coming out, struggles and facilitators of acceptance, and experiences in clinical settings.

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Parents’ Journeys to Acceptance and Support of Gender-diverse and Trans Children and Youth

Sansfaçon

Kirichenko

Holmes

et al. 2019

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Notably, these effects may vary in important ways by race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation (Whitton, Dyar, Newcomb, & Mustanski, 2018). Published research on these issues with TGD people is currently limited, but is beginning to confirm the importance of close relationships on health outcomes (Fuller & Riggs, 2018; Meier, Sharp, Michonski, Babcock, & Fitzgerald, 2013; Puckett, Matsuno, Dyar, Mustanski, & Newcomb, 2019; Riggs, von Doussa, & Power, 2015; Sansfaçon et al, 2018; Wilson, Chen, Arayasirikul, Wenzel, & Raymond, 2015). Although there is strong evidence that structural, interpersonal and individual manifestations of stigma are related to poorer health for TGD people (White Hughto et al, 2015), there is little investigation of how stigma affects the initiation, maintenance, and experience of relationships and how variation in these may help explain health outcomes.…”

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Biocultural approaches to transgender and gender diverse experience and health: Integrating biomarkers and advancing gender/sex research

DuBois

Gibb

Juster

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American J Hum Biol

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Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people are increasingly visible in U.S. communities and in national media. With this increased visibility, access to gender affirming healthcare is also on the rise, particularly for urban youth. Political backlash and entrenchment in a gender binary, however, continue to marginalize TGD people, increasing risk for health disparities. The 2016 National Institute of Health recognition of sexual and gender minority people as a health disparities population increases available funding for much-needed research. In this article, we speak to the need for a biocultural human biology of gender/sex diversity by delineating factors that influence physiological functioning, mental health, and physical health of TGD people. We propose that many of these factors can best be investigated with minimally invasively collected biomarker samples (MICBS) and discuss how to integrate MICBS into research inclusive of TGD people. Research use of MICBS among TGD people remains limited, and wider use could enable essential biological and health data to be collected from a population often excluded from research. We provide a broad overview of terminology and current literature, point to key research questions, and address potential challenges researchers might face when aiming to integrate MCIBS in research inclusive of transgender and gender diverse people. We argue that, when used effectively, MICBS can enhance human biologists' ability to empirically measure physiology and health-related outcomes and enable more accurate identification of pathways linking human experience, embodiment, and health.

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“…Like non-incarcerated trans people who must balance their desire for selfaffirmation with risks to their safety, income, family support, and other aspects of their lives (Scheim and Bauer 2015;Hébert, Chamberland, and Enriquez 2012;Sansfaçon et al 2018), the interviewees I presented above were invested in a process of balancing the possible benefits of new rights-based accommodations against their possible consequences. These participants also show that gender selfdetermination is one among many aspects of life in prison that trans people have to contend with to survive incarceration.…”

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Trans Rights as Risks: On the Ambivalent Implementation of Canada’s Groundbreaking Trans Prison Reform

Hébert¹

2020

Can. j. law soc.

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This paper analyses policy documents and interviews conducted in federal prisons to trace the emergence and early effects of Canada’s recent wave of groundbreaking trans correctional reforms. I show that prison authorities were forced to adopt more inclusive policies due to the legal, financial, and reputational risks generated by new trans rights protections. Yet, by examining what rights both enabled and foreclosed once they materialized in the everyday of prison life, I argue that reform’s implementation was fraught with ambivalence. Namely, this ambivalence was felt by the correctional administrators tasked with translating nebulous policy principles into concrete guidelines; by staff, whose front-line duty involved weighing rights against risks; and by trans prisoners, who grappled with how to balance their new entitlements with risks and uncertainties. What trans correctional reforms reveal, then, is that rights and risks are caught in an ambivalent and co-constitutive relationship in Canada’s regime of prison governance.

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Digging beneath the surface: Results from stage one of a qualitative analysis of factors influencing the well-being of trans youth in Quebec

Cited by 69 publications

References 74 publications

Parents’ Journeys to Acceptance and Support of Gender-diverse and Trans Children and Youth

Parents’ Journeys to Acceptance and Support of Gender-diverse and Trans Children and Youth

Biocultural approaches to transgender and gender diverse experience and health: Integrating biomarkers and advancing gender/sex research

Trans Rights as Risks: On the Ambivalent Implementation of Canada’s Groundbreaking Trans Prison Reform

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