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addition challenges associated military life lesbian gay bisexual transgender lgbt youth military families may face stressors associated stigmatized sexual orientation andor gender identity expression placing risk substance use authors knowledge first study exploring substance use outcomes among lgbt youth military families study assessed role military connection lgb identity transgender identity lifetime past 30day substance use study secondary data analysis 20132015 california healthy kids survey chks studys participants n 634978 students attending middle high schools nearly school districts california study outcomes lifetime past 30day cigarette alcohol tobacco marijuana use chisquare tests associations including crosstabulations multivariate logistic regressions conducted address study aims multivariate logistic regression results indicated military connection lgb identity transgender identity significantly associated increased odd lifetime past 30day substance use compared military nontransgender youth military transgender youth increased likelihood past 30day cigarette use past 30day alcohol use addition military lgb youth 362 times likely military nonlgb youth report past 30day cigarette use conclusionsimportance study provides researchers knowledge behavioral health lgbt youth military families vulnerable subgroup within militaryconnected youth population thus informing substance use prevention programs