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LGBTQ+ Students in British Columbia: 12 Evidence-Based Facts

This fact sheet presents research findings about 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their cisgender and heterosexual peers in Alberta, Canada, and beyond.

 

THE RESEARCH BEHIND OUR FACTS

  1. Saewyc, E.M. (2017). Respecting variations in embodiment as well as gender: Beyond the presumed ‘binary’ of sex. [Invited commentary]. Nursing Inquiry, 25, e12184.
  2. Veale J.F., Peter T., Travers R., & Saewyc E.M. (2017). Enacted Stigma, Mental Health, and Protective Factors Among Transgender Youth in Canada. Transgender Health, 2(1): 207-216.
  3. Saewyc E., Frohard-Dourlent H., Ferguson M., & Veale J. (2018). Being Safe, Being Me in British Columbia: Results of the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey. Vancouver, B.C.: Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia. Available online at https://www.saravyc.ubc.ca/.
  4. Watson R.J., Peter T., McKay T., Edkins T., & Saewyc E. (2018). Evidence of changing patterns in mental health and depressive symptoms for sexual minority adolescents. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, Vol. 22(1): 1-19.
  5. Doull M., Watson R.J., Smith A., Homma Y., & Saewyc E. (2016). Are we leveling the playing field? Trends and disparities in sports participation among sexual minority youth in Canada. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 7(2): 218-226.
  6. Porta C., Gower A., Mehus C., Yu X., & Saewyc E., & Eisenberg M. (2017). “Kicked out”: LGBTQ youths’ bathroom experiences and preferences. Journal of Adolescence, 56: 107-112.
  7. Saewyc E., Frohard-Dourlent H., Ferguson M., & Veale J. (2018). Being Safe, Being Me in British Columbia: Results of the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey. Vancouver, B.C.: Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia. Available online at https://www.saravyc.ubc.ca/.
  8. Eisenberg M.A., Mehus C.J., Saewyc E.M., Corliss H.L., Gower A.L., Sullivan R., & Porta C.M. (2018) Helping Young People Stay Afloat: A Qualitative Study of Community Resources and Supports for LGBTQ Adolescents in the United States and Canada. Journal of Homosexuality, 65(8): 969-989.
  9. 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(1): 89-112.
  10. McCreary Centre Society & Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre. (2016). “Supporting LGBTQ Youth” [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://www.saravyc.ubc.ca.
  11. Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre. (2018). “Is Out In Schools Linked To Less Bullying In Schools?” [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://www.saravyc.ubc.ca.
  12. Wolowic J., Heston L., Saewyc E., Porta C., & Eisenberg M. (2016). Chasing the rainbow: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth and pride semiotics. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 19(5): 557-571.

 

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