Boskey Elizabeth R, Quint Meg, Xu Rena, Kremen Jessica, Estrada Carlos, Tham Regina, Kane Kaiden, Reisner Sari L
Division of Gynecology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
JMIR Form Res. 2023 Aug 15;7:e45952. doi: 10.2196/45952.
Of the 1.6 million transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people in the United States, approximately 700,000 are youth aged 13-24 years. Many factors make it difficult for TGD young people to identify resources for support and information related to gender identity and medical transition. These range from lack of knowledge to concerns about personal safety in the setting of increased antitransgender violence and legislative limitations on transgender rights. Web-based resources may be able to address some of the barriers to finding information and support, but youth may have difficulty finding relevant content or have concerns about the quality and content of information they find on the internet.
We aim to understand ways TGD young adults look for web-based information about gender and health.
In August 2022, 102 young adults completed a 1-time survey including closed- and open-ended responses. Individuals were recruited through the Prolific platform. Eligibility was restricted to people between the ages of 18-25 years who identified as transgender and were residents of the United States. The initial goal was to recruit 50 White individuals and 50 individuals who identified as Black, indigenous, or people of color. In total, 102 people were eventually enrolled.
Young adults reported looking on the internet for information about a broad range of topics related to both medical- and social-gender affirmation. Most participants preferred to obtain information via personal stories. Participants expressed a strong preference for obtaining information from other trans people.
There is a need for accessible, expert-informed information for TGD youth, particularly more information generated for the transgender community by members of the community.
在美国160万跨性别和性别多样化（TGD）人群中，约70万是13至24岁的青少年。许多因素使得TGD青少年难以找到与性别认同和医疗过渡相关的支持资源和信息。这些因素包括知识匮乏，以及在反跨性别暴力增加和跨性别权利受到立法限制的情况下对个人安全的担忧。基于网络的资源或许能够解决一些获取信息和支持的障碍，但青少年可能难以找到相关内容，或者对他们在互联网上找到的信息质量和内容存在担忧。
我们旨在了解TGD青少年寻找基于网络的性别与健康信息的方式。
2022年8月，102名青少年完成了一项一次性调查，包括封闭式和开放式回答。通过Prolific平台招募个体。入选资格仅限于年龄在18至25岁之间、自我认同为跨性别者且是美国居民的人群。最初的目标是招募50名白人个体和50名自我认同为黑人、原住民或有色人种的个体。最终共招募了102人。
青少年报告称在互联网上查找与医疗性别确认和社会性别确认相关的广泛主题的信息。大多数参与者更喜欢通过个人故事获取信息。参与者强烈倾向于从其他跨性别者那里获取信息。
需要为TGD青少年提供易于获取的、有专家提供的信息，特别是更多由跨性别群体成员为跨性别群体生成的信息。
