ESPEYB17 6. Differences/Disorders of Sex Development and Transgender Medicine Transgender Medicine: Brain and Psychology (3 abstracts)
6.17. Similarity in transgender and cisgender children’s gender development
Gülgöz S , Glazier JJ , Enright EA , Alonso DJ , Durwood LJ , Fast AA , Lowe R , Ji C , Heer J , Martin CL & Olson KR
To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019, Dec 3; 116: 24480-5. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900519/pdf/pnas.201909367.pdf
In a large sample of 317 US American transgender children aged 3–12 years, the authors compared gender outcomes of transgender children with cisgender peers. They also assessed whether the time the children lived in their current gender, i.e. the time after gender transition, influences their gender development. The study confirms previous findings from smaller studies that transgender children’s gender identity and preferences align with their current gender to a similar extent as in cisgender peers.
The most interesting and novel finding of the paper is that the time since gender transition did not influence gender identity or gender preferences, except that stereotyped clothing was a bit less pronounced for children who transitioned longer ago. These results indicate that gender assignment at birth and gender socialization does not define gender identity in transgender or cisgender children. It would be interesting to follow-up these children into adulthood and assess whether gender identity may change over time.
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