Study: Trans and Cisgender Kids Aren’t That Different

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Two University of Washington researchers find that ‘in many ways, the basic gender development of socially transgender children is quite similar to that of other children.’

Published Apr. 25 2017 12:00AM EDT

articles/2017/04/25/study-trans-and-cisgender-kids-aren-t-that-different/170424-allen-trans-cis-kids-study-tease_hofvrc — gpointstudio

Transgender children aren’t all that different from other children, a new study published in the journal Child Development suggests. They just have a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth.

For the study, University of Washington researchers Anne Fast and Kristina Olson recruited 36 transgender 3- to 5-year-old...

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Study: Trans and Cisgender Kids Aren’t That Different

Two University of Washington researchers find that ‘in many ways, the basic gender development of socially transgender children is quite similar to that of other children.’

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