Journal
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 128-140Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-021-01500-5
Keywords
Asexuality; Sexual and gender minority youth; LGBTQ; Social support; Mental health
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- National Institutes of Drug Abuse [K01DA047918]
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Asexual youth, especially transgender asexual youth, face challenges in health, family support, and school safety compared to their non-asexual and cisgender counterparts. Gender identity plays a significant role in understanding the experiences of asexual youth.
Despite increasing efforts to better understand sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY), asexual youth remain understudied. This study examines differences in health, family support, and school safety among asexual youth (n = 938) from a national study of SGMY (N = 17,112) ages 13-17. Compared to non-asexual youth, asexual youth were more likely to identify as transgender and report a disability, and less likely to identify as Black or Hispanic/Latino. Transgender (versus cisgender) asexual youth fared worse on most study outcomes. Cisgender asexual (versus cisgender non-asexual) youth fared worse on all study outcomes. Transgender asexual (versus transgender non-asexual) youth reported lower sexuality-related family support. These findings underscore the role of gender identity in understanding the experiences of asexual youth.
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