We want to hear from the next generation of trans and non-binary Canadians. You’re the experts of your experiences, and we’re here to listen.

The Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey is a national survey of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse Canadian youth ages 14-25 that runs every five years. The study is managed by the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre with co-investigators across the country. Results help researchers identify health disparities, theorize helpful interventions, and describe trends in gender diverse health, values, identity, and experience. This research is core to developing successful advocacy and change in our social and health care systems.

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To participate in the study, you must be between 14 and 25, live in Canada, and be non-binary, trans, and/or gender diverse. Visit saravyc.ubc.ca/CTYHS2024 for more information and for a direct link to the anonymous survey. To protect participants, all data is anonymous, encrypted, and only used for academic research purposes.

Questions? Email saravyc@nursing.ubc.ca or reach out to the Principal Investigator for this study, Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc (Professor at the UBC School of Nursing) at elizabeth.saewyc@ubc.ca.

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Hi yall! I've been questioning for a little bit. I was wondering if it was possible to identify as both genderfluid AND bigender at the same time, or if they contradict each other.

This sub was my first foray in radical acceptance that got me to where I am today. Our community needs positive stories and it needs encouragement that is deeper than physical transition timelines. I hope you'll pass it along to someone who might need it and to someone who has a little light to share!

I am an undergraduate psychology student at Rhode Island College. I am currently working on my honors thesis which explores the effects of relationship presentation and connection to the LGBTQ+ community on the relationship quality of monogamous multisexuals. I am in the process of recruiting participants for data collection. Please email me (Nina Carbone) at ncarbone_1503@email.ric.edu if you have any questions. The information about study participation, compensation, and the link to the survey is listed below and I have also attached a flyer for you to look at.

Participant requirements:

- Must be 18 years or older.

- Must be multisexual, that is, anybody attracted to more than one gender (bisexual, pansexuals, queer people, omnisexuals, polysexuals, etc.)

- Must be in a monogamous relationship of at least 1 month.

- Must be a US citizen.

Compensation:

- Participants will have the opportunity to gain entry into a drawing for $50 gift card.

If you are eligible and would like to participate please click on the following link: https://ric.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_88GOgoNOTcyD6gm

Feel free to share this around! Thank you!

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Hi everyone!!

As part of completing our Psychology (Honours) Dissertation at Charles Sturt University, myself and my research partner are conducting our research project on mental health among lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, queer, omnisexual, and gay adults aged 18 years or over. This survey is open to all gender identities. If you meet this criteria, please consider completing our online survey (it takes around 15 minutes to finish and is completely anonymous).

If you choose to complete this survey, you will be asked to answer questions relating to your sexuality, how kind you are to yourself, belonginess, alcohol use and behaviours, and depressive symptomology. If answering questions of this nature may be distressing for you, please do not participate.

If you would like to participate in the survey or find out more about our study, please click on the link below:

https://csufobjbs.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eu4pRcRjGWBfIZU

If you would like more information regarding the study or the survey, please feel free to leave a comment or contact us at:
mhumphries.csu@gmail.com
sscott.csu@gmail.com
Your participation is appreciated!

The Sexual Health Research Laboratory at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada is calling for 2SLGBTQ2+/gender diverse/BIPOC individuals to participate in an interview to help aid the development of a comprehensive and inclusive measure of sexuality that can be used to assess one’s broad experience of sexuality in both research and healthcare settings. Participants must be able to read and write in English, be 18 years of age or older, reside in Canada or the US, and be comfortable answering questions about sexuality. You do not need to be sexually active to participate. Participation will consist of the completion of a ~15-minute online demographic survey, and, if selected to participate, engage in a confidential 60 – 120 minute interview over Zoom. Entry into prize draws are available for the online survey and as a thank you for your participation! Those selected to participate in the interview will be compensated for their time. To participate please contact us at qshrl@queensu.ca and mention the Chromatic study

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Hello everyone! I'm a master's student in psychology and I'm collecting anonymous data for my thesis which is a research study aiming to investigate the psychological impact of discrimination, including Gender Discrimination and Sexual Orientation Discrimination.

I would be really grateful if you could participate by filling in my survey! Thank you very much in advance! :)

This is the link to my survey for everyone who wants to help:

https://forms.gle/SY2K2ts96svvnwnS9

Good afternoon! I am a bisexual PhD student that is working on a dissertation. Prior to the "big study," I am doing a very short precursor to it for a survey course I'm in on coping strategies used by the LGBTQ+ population. This survey only takes 5 minutes and is for individuals that are in the LGBTQ+ community, are 18 years or older, and live in the United States. I would greatly appreciate you taking the time to check out the survey if you have a few minutes.

https://uofsc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PEsTquMGAt53vg

I'm Alstrium, it's hard to find anything that makes me feel comfortable in any way. I can't find any name or clothings that make me feel okay that I can wear daily. No surgery can give me what I want either. I only feel dysphoria and it's hard as hell for me.

Help, I need advice. I am bigender and genderfluid, I am both a man and a woman - AMAB, it changes over time, like the weather in my soul. It’s lovely. It’s hard.

The hardest thing right now is feeling comfortable in my body as a woman, without experiencing dysphoria. I can’t seem to feel at ease, and as a result I’m in this limbo where I know I’m a woman, but I don’t feel like a woman. My face and eyes seem right when I put makeup on, I want to wear my girl clothing, I want to have breasts the entire time. I want people to call me “ma’am”, treat me as a woman and call me by my female name.

But the fear of another dysphoric episode keeps me from fully believing this. A part of me keeps seeing a man in makeup, keeps feeling my breastforms release and restick to my skin, and keeps talking in my low, male voice. It feels like I’m stuck in masculine feminine but I keep misgendering myself.

But. I am fluid, I am also a man. I know it feels different, I’ve learned to distinguish my genders from eachother. And thus a medical transition is much, much less straightforward. I don’t think I will be growing my own breasts, because I want to be able to have a naked male, and a naked female form. GRC is very far from what I want, but it feels somehow “expected” to validate my (time-bound) trans identity. The only thing I’m actually considering is T-blockers, to make my body a little less masculine in terms of hair and - my favourite - male pattern baldness.

But those are future matters. I want to start getting in tune now. This limbo is keeping me from properly moving forward. So, my question, does anyone have some wisdom, advice or inspiration that could help me? I need it, please.

Love all of you ♥️

i have no idea what gender i am. can someone help me?! i thought i was a girl but now i’m not so sure. i’m ok with she/her pronouns sometimes but sometimes they feel off. i rly like when i think of myself as a boy but sometimes that feels gross. some days gender as a whole just feels wrong. i don’t understand. i just really don’t want to be wrong. i am a teen so i don’t want to assume that i am something i’m not and then grow out of it. though i know that there are trans teens and that is totally valid. i am not trying to invalidate you or anyone else’s gender identity with my struggle to find one. sry for just ranting and it’s totally fine if you can’t help 😁

okay so this is a truly on headspace for me really but as I said I am dual gender genderfluid I am fluctuate from female to male from day to day. But interestingly enough when I am male I am finding my sexuality is different I find I am more of a femme gay boy in when I am male side Micheal just wanted to talk about get people's ideas about it.

so my local LGBT center is so amazing I went in today and they are not only helping me with getting a binder and a packer but they also gave me and my partners so female and male clothes that they had donated. I had before this had very little male clothes to wear at all and now that I have some to wear I feel so good about myself.

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being genderfluid and two-spirited where my gender fluctuates from being male to female it's a challenge to figure out my male side to me...but I know if I I spend more time dress male and being in that headspace I really think I can find out about my male side more.