Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

How does complexity in gender and sexual identity construction and partnering practices generate unique vulnerabilities for queer-identified youth? We present two case studies from an ongoing ethnographic study of LGBTQ youth development: "Samantha," a queer-identified woman partnered with a transgender man, and "Reid," a queer-identified transgender man who has declined medical gender transitioning and who partners with lesbians and gay men. We consider the implications of these youths' locations on the margins of both lesbian and transgender communities and the challenges in providing health care and support services for queer-identified youth.

Original publication

DOI

10.1300/j155v10n01_03

Type

Journal

Journal of lesbian studies

Publication Date

01/2006

Volume

10

Pages

43 - 71

Addresses

International Research on Youth at Risk, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY 10010, USA. welle@ndri.org

Keywords

Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Adaptation, Psychological, Language, Homosexuality, Female, Social Behavior, Social Identification, Gender Identity, Transsexualism, Anthropology, Cultural, Adolescent, Adult, Health Promotion, United States, Female, Male