Trans and non-binary teens nearly twice as likely to be victims of sexual violence

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Trans and non-binary teens are almost twice as likely to experience sexual violence as cisgender teens (who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth), according to an international survey. The survey asked nearly 5,000 young people aged 14-16 whether they had experienced or perpetrated rape, sexual assault or coercive sex. Of the participants, 329 were transgender and 582 were nonbinary, and the researchers say there was no difference in the rates of perpetration of sexual violence between trans, non-binary and cis teens.

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From: JAMA

Rates of Experiencing, Perpetrating Sexual Violence Among Transgender, Cisgender, Nonbinary Youth

About The Study: Researchers investigated how rates of experiencing and perpetrating sexual violence vary by gender identity and the characteristics associated with perpetration within gender identity categories in this study of nearly 4,200 youth ages 14 to 16.

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Organisation/s: Center for Innovative Public Health Research, USA

Funder: Research reported in this publication was supported by grant R01HD083072 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health. Dr Scheer was supported by grant K01AA028239 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

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