School Restroom and Locker Room Restrictions and Sexual Assault Risk Among Transgender Youth.

ABSTRACT: Transgender and gender nonbinary adolescents experience high rates of peer victimization, but the prevalence of sexual assault in this population has not been established. Some schools restrict transgender and nonbinary students from using restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity, with unknown effects on sexual assault risk. We tested whether these restrictions were associated with the 12-month prevalence of sexual assault victimization. Survey responses were analyzed from 3673 transgender and nonbinary US adolescents in grades 7 through 12 who participated in the cross-sectional 2017 LGBTQ Teen Study. We estimated the association between school restroom and locker room restrictions and sexual assault, adjusting for potential social and behavioral confounders, using logi

SUBMITTER: Murchison GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8849575 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature