As a preteen and teen, when you asked for something ill-advised because everyone else was doing it, you likely heard a parent admonish, “What if all of your friends were jumping off the Brooklyn ...

Individuals are receiving diagnoses of gender dysphoria (GD) — also known as gender identity disorder — at younger ages, according to a new study published in General Psychiatry, an open access ...

Decades of neuroscientific work have focused on exploring a biological basis for transgender identity — but researchers must take societal factors into account. Guy T’Sjoen is a clinical ...

A new study challenges the popular claim that medical interventions improve trans-identifying people’s mental health. Rather, the study argues, nonmedical factors like social support and coping style ...

More research is necessary to fully understand how our hormones affect our gender identity and expression. However, some research shows that hormones may influence gender dysphoria in some people. In ...

Combine the study of gender dynamics with RIT’s integrated strengths in STEAM: Carve your own innovative and dynamic path through RIT’s unique constellation of sciences, technologies, and the arts.

An extensive register-based study conducted in Finland has found an increase in severe mental health problems among some adolescents and young adults who have undergone medical gender reassignment (GR ...

Mental health experts warned social factors could be contributing to the rise in gender dysphoria in children, after a new study found cases have skyrocketed over a ten-year period. Gender dysphoria ...

In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers performed a cross-sectional study among 1,231 transgender, nonbinary (TGNB), and cisgender youths in the United States (U.S.) to ...

Gender-affirming care (GAC) refers to the social, medical, and legal methods of helping people exist happily and safely in their gender. Studies suggest this kind of care can reduce suicide rates ...