Social factors behind the AFAB predominance in LGBT youths: evidence from a large European survey.

ABSTRACT: Trans youth reports reveal a predominance of assigned female at birth (AFAB) people (i.e. transmasculine people) over assigned male at birth (AMAB) people (i.e. transfeminine people). It has been suggested that "social contagion" through social media could be more frequent in AFAB people, causing a hypothesized "rapid-onset gender dysphoria" (ROGD) in adolescence, with detrimental correlates to health. We aim to test (1) whether the suggested effect of ROGD on an AFAB predominance in adolescence could have an alternative explanation such as the effect of national LGBT policies; (2) the suggested effects of ROGD by which transmasculine people who had a more rapid development of their trans identity in adolescence would use more often social media to connect to peers and would have a lower h

SUBMITTER: Vandendriessche C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12334450 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature