Advanced search
Publication Cover
International Journal of Transgenderism Volume 17, 2016 - Issue 3-4
Submit an article Journal homepage
1,280
Views
35
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Prevalence of pregnancy involvement among Canadian transgender youth and its relation to mental health, sexual health, and gender identity

Jaimie VealeStigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Ryan J. WatsonStigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
,
Jones AdjeiStigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
&
Elizabeth SaewycStigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pages 107-113 | Published online: 26 Aug 2016

References

  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
  • Cui, Y., Shooshtari, S., Forget, E. L., Clara, I., & Cheung, K. F. (2014). Smoking during pregnancy: Findings from the 2009–2010 Canadian Community Health Survey. PloS, 9, 1–5.
  • De Sutter, P., Kira, K., Verschoor, A., & Hotimsky, A. (2002). The desire to have children and the preservation of fertility in transsexual women: A survey. International Journal of Transgenderism, 6, 97–103.
  • Kosciw, J. G., Diaz, E. M., & Greytak, E. A. (2008). 2007 National school climate survey: The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in our nation's schools. New York, NY: GLSEN.
  • Feldman, J., Brown, G. R., Deutsch, M. B., Hembree, W., Meyer, W., Meyer-Bahlburg, H. F. L., & Safer, J. D. (2016). Priorities for transgender medical and healthcare research. Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes and Obesity, 23, 180–187.
  • Gjesfjeld, C. D., Greeno, C. G., & Kim, K. H. (2008). A confirmatory factor analysis of an abbreviated social support instrument: The MOS-SSS. Research on Social Work Practice, 18, 231–237.
  • Herrick, A. L., Matthews, A. K., & Garofalo, R. (2010). Health risk behaviors in an urban sample of young women who have sex with women. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 14, 80–92.
  • Kumar, M. M., Lim, R., Langford, C., Seabrook, J. A., Speechley, K. N., & Lynch, T. (2013). Sexual knowledge of Canadian adolescents after completion of high school sexual education requirements. Paediatrics and Child Health, 18, 74–80.
  • Light, A. D., Obedin-Maliver, J., Sevelius, J. M., & Kerns, J. L. (2014). Transgender men who experienced pregnancy after female-to-male gender transitioning. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 124, 1120–1127.
  • Meyer, W., III, Bockting, W., Cohen-Kettenis, P., Coleman, E., Di Ceglie, D., Devor, H., & Wheeler, C. (2001). The standards of care for gender identity disorders—sixth version. International Journal of Transgenderism, 5. [serial on-line].
  • Murphy, T. F. (2010). The ethics of helping transgender men and women have children. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 53, 46–60.
  • Nixon, L. (2013). Right to (trans) parent: A reproductive justice approach to reproductive rights, fertility, and family-building issues facing transgender people. William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law, 20, 73–103.
  • Saewyc, E. M., Bearinger, L. H., Blum, R. W., & Resnick, M. D. (1999). Sexual intercourse, abuse and pregnancy among adolescent women: Does sexual orientation make a difference? Family Planning Perspectives, 31, 127–131.
  • Saewyc, E., Konishi, C., Rose, H., & Homma, Y. (2014). School-based strategies to reduce suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and discrimination among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents in Western Canada. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 5, 89–112.
  • Saewyc, E. M., Poon, C. S., Homma, Y., & Skay, C. L. (2008). Stigma management? The links between enacted stigma and teen pregnancy trends among gay, lesbian, and bisexual students in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 17, 123–139.
  • Shield, S. (2007). Doctor won't see you now: Rights of transgender adolescents to sex reassignment treatment. New York University Review of Law and Social Change, 31, 361–433.
  • Smith, A., Stewart, D., Poon, C., Peled, M., Saewyc, E. M., & McCreary Centre Society. (2014). From Hastings Street to Haida Gwaii: Provincial results of the 2013 BC adolescent health survey. Vancouver, Canada: McCreary Centre Society. Retrieved from http://www.mcs.bc.ca/pdf/From_Hastings_Street_To_Haida_Gwaii.pdf
  • Taylor, C., Peter, T., McMinn, T. L., Schachter, K., & Beldom, S. (2010). Every class in every school: The first national climate survey on homophobia in Canadian schools: Final report. Toronto, Canada: Egale.
  • T'Sjoen, G., Van Caenegem, E., & Wierckx, K. (2013). Transgenderism and reproduction. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity, 20, 575–579.
  • Veale, J. F., Saewyc, E. M., Frohard-Dourlent, H., Dobson, S., Clark, B., & the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey Research Group. (2015). Being safe, being me: Results of the Canadian trans youth health survey. Vancouver, Canada: Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre. Retrieved from https://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Web2.pdf

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.