ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019

Gender Identity and Gender Typing in Transgender Children

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Lifespan Development

  • Selin Gulgoz
    University of Washington
  • Jessica Glazier
    University of Washington
  • Elizabeth Enright
    University of Washington
  • Lily Durwood
    University of Washington
  • Anne Fast
    University of Washington
  • Anne Fast
    Western Washington University
  • Riley Lowe
    University of Washington
  • Daniel Alonso
    University of Washington
  • Gabriella Ji
    University of Washington
  • Carol Martin
    Arizona State University, Tempe
  • Kristina Olson
    University of Washington

Abstract

A growing group of transgender children are socially transitioning (changing their names, pronouns, appearances) to live as the gender they identify with; yet, little is known about their development. In the current study, we found that transgender children show similar gender development to cisgender children matched by age and gender.

Gender Issues/LGBTQ

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