Education about gender development predicts support for transgender youth's gender identity autonomy.

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Communications Psychology Pub Date : 2026-08-18 DOI:10.1038/s44271-026-00510-y

Jessica J Glazier, Analía F Albuja

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Most adults have limited understanding of child development, yet their perceptions of development influence their decisions about whether to support children's autonomy-such as support for autonomy-limiting anti-transgender legislation. This work found that adult participants believe gender develops later for transgender youth than cisgender youth, predicting lower support for children's autonomy to determine their gender identity, and greater support for anti-transgender legislation (Study 1; N = 200). However, learning about similarities in the development of transgender children and cisgender children decreased this tendency. This predicted greater support for children's autonomy in determining their gender identity, which was associated with reduced support for anti-transgender legislation in a large, nationally representative sample (Study 2; N = 1552), and increased donations to an organization supporting the rights of transgender youth (Study 3; N = 174). Results highlight the importance of adults' beliefs about gender development in transgender youth to understand their support for the autonomy and rights of transgender youth.

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性别发展教育预测对跨性别青年性别认同自主的支持。

大多数成年人对儿童发展的理解有限，然而他们对发展的看法影响了他们是否支持儿童自主的决定——比如支持限制自主的反跨性别立法。这项研究发现，成人参与者认为跨性别青少年的性别发展比顺性别青少年晚，这预示着他们更不支持儿童自主决定自己的性别认同，更支持反跨性别立法（研究1；N = 200）。然而，了解跨性别儿童和顺性别儿童发展的相似之处后，这种倾向有所减少。这预示着对儿童自主决定其性别认同的更大支持，这与在全国具有代表性的大型样本中对反跨性别立法的支持减少（研究2；N = 1552）以及对支持跨性别青年权利的组织的捐款增加（研究3；N = 174）有关。结果强调了成年人对跨性别青少年性别发展的信念对于理解他们对跨性别青少年自主和权利的支持的重要性。

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