LGBTQ youth are at increased risk for poor mental health outcomes, including suicide, compared to their cisgender and heterosexual peers. This increased risk is not due to being LGBTQ in and of itself, but is instead due to the way they are treated. However, not all LGBTQ youth experience the
same things. LGBTQ youth holding multiple marginalized identities, such as Asian-American transgender youth, are at risk for experiencing stressors as a result of these multiple identities (e.g. racism and anti-trans discrimination)
and may therefore be at even higher risk for poor mental health.

This presentation will explain this concept in depth and explore some of the findings from The Trevor Project's 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to illustrate it. It will also provide constructive ways to ensure interventions are not reduced to a one-size-fits-all approach.

About Dr. Price:
Dr. Myeshia Price (she/they) is the Director of Research Science at The Trevor Project. Myeshia has more than fifteen years of experience in adolescent public health research, with a focus on sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ youth from an intersectional perspective. After completing their
Ph.D. in developmental psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with research focusing on predicting early sexual behaviors during adolescence, they were an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Old Westbury prior to taking a postdoctoral research associate position at the Center for Innovative Public Health Research (CiPHR). Her
primary research interest areas include developmental understandings of adolescent gender and sexuality and reducing LGBTQ youth mental health disparities with a particular focus on the role of protective factors.

March 28, 2023 l 9:30am - 11:00am PST
Virtual Event
Cost to Attend - $10
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