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IMAGE: Transgender youths are bullied as much as three times more often than students who identify as male or female, according to a recent study led by social work professor Rachel. view more
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Young people with diverse gender identities may be bullied and victimized up to three times more often than peers who identify as male or female, a new study of more than 4,464 adolescents in Illinois found.
The students were part of a statewide survey of eighth- through 12th-grade youths in Illinois schools. Transgender youths reported the highest rates of all forms of peer victimization, which were double to nearly triple those of males and up to 2.6 times higher than those of females, said social work professor Rachel Garthe of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who led the research.