The study is recruiting the following populations: parents of transgender and gender diverse youth, transgender and gender diverse young adults, and transgender and gender diverse youth. Participants over the age of 18 will be recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), and youth participants will be recruited via parent referral. Age and role-appropriate surveys will be administered to the three distinct populations. A waiver of written consent for participation will be used per survey protocol. After participants receive a recruitment statement about the study and the potential risks, willing participants will take a 10-20 minute survey to provide data regarding demographics, height and weight, food habits, physical activity, food security, health support, risk-taking behaviors, past health diagnoses, and family environment. No personal identifiers will be collected and all responses will remain confidential. Our main question is whether family acceptance of a transgender or gender diverse (TGGD) youth and young adults is related to health, nutrition, and risk-taking behaviors.
The purpose of this study is to assess how family relationships are related to health and nutrition behaviors among transgender and gender diverse youth and young adults.