“My Parents May Influence my Feelings about It But That’s Also Something That I Can Change Myself:” Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Perspectives on Parental Messages about Sexuality

Camille Brown; G. Nic Rider; Renee E. Sieving; Barbara J. McMorris; Marla E. Eisenberg; Carolyn M. Porta

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“My Parents May Influence my Feelings about It But That’s Also Something That I Can Change Myself:” Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Perspectives on Parental Messages about Sexuality

Camille Brown, G. Nic Rider, Renee E. Sieving, Barbara J. McMorris, Marla E. Eisenberg, Carolyn M. Porta

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This study describes transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth perceptions of parental messages regarding sexuality and sexual/romantic relationships and how those messages impact feelings and decisions about their sexual health. Eight in-depth, semi-structured interviews (mean = 66 minutes) with TGD young people (16-23 years) were included in this qualitative analysis. Illustrated by participant quotes, four themes are discussed: (1) parent’s sexual values as context and a critical testing ground, (2) LGBTQ sexuality, (3) youths’ futures through cisnormative and heteronormative lenses, and (4) impact of parental messaging on youth’s sexual health. Implications include working with families to de-center cisgender perspectives in messaging.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	501-515
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of GLBT Family Studies
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2021.1955233
State	Published - 2021

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This work was supported by funding from the University of Minnesota’s Sophia Fund, School Nursing Foundation, and Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.

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© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Transgender persons
adolescent
communication
parents
sexual health

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Brown, C., Rider, G. N., Sieving, R. E., McMorris, B. J., Eisenberg, M. E., & Porta, C. M. (2021). “My Parents May Influence my Feelings about It But That’s Also Something That I Can Change Myself:” Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Perspectives on Parental Messages about Sexuality. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 17(5), 501-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2021.1955233

“My Parents May Influence my Feelings about It But That’s Also Something That I Can Change Myself:” Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Perspectives on Parental Messages about Sexuality. / Brown, Camille; Rider, G. Nic ; Sieving, Renee E. et al.
In: Journal of GLBT Family Studies, Vol. 17, No. 5, 2021, p. 501-515.

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Brown, C, Rider, GN , Sieving, RE , McMorris, BJ , Eisenberg, ME & Porta, CM 2021, '“My Parents May Influence my Feelings about It But That’s Also Something That I Can Change Myself:” Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Perspectives on Parental Messages about Sexuality', Journal of GLBT Family Studies, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 501-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2021.1955233

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