A new study, conducted by Brianna S McMichael and published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, found gender non-conforming youth – including trans, genderqueer and non-binary communities – were more likely to have consumed alcohol or taken substances before sexual activities.
The study examined 411 teens in a Minnesota A&E department and concluded “Gender diverse youth were more likely than their cisgender peers to report risky sexual behaviours,” with 35.7% of trans youth reporting that they’d drunk alcohol or used substances before sex, compared with only 4.6% of cis youth.
Furthermore, gender non-conforming youth were also ‘significantly more likely’ to report being depressed in the two weeks prior to taking the survey, with around.