Main conclusions: Gender minority stressors (GMS) are a risk factor for same-day alcohol use. Resilience factors may also be associated with increased alcohol use. As such, interventions to reduce TGD youth's alcohol use should address GMS and support TGD youth to cope with these stressors.
12.07.2025 00:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
![A black poster for a research study by Toronto Metropolitan University. It invites South Asian LGBTQ+ individuals aged 18–32 to participate in a 1.5 hour virtual interview about alcohol use. Participants will receive a $30 e-gift card. A link and email are provided for a screening survey: tinyurl.com/tmuresearch or carelab@torontomu.ca. A QR code is also included. The study has REB approval [2025-032] and has received funding by the Canadian Psychological Association.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uss5fh2yqecne6clakjh6jie/bafkreibcfzrpgdxyxqql35f6ohxwe2imkupohe2cjyjmvlxnq22fgfhjh4@jpeg)
A black poster for a research study by Toronto Metropolitan University. It invites South Asian LGBTQ+ individuals aged 18–32 to participate in a 1.5 hour virtual interview about alcohol use. Participants will receive a $30 e-gift card. A link and email are provided for a screening survey: tinyurl.com/tmuresearch or carelab@torontomu.ca. A QR code is also included. The study has REB approval [2025-032] and has received funding by the Canadian Psychological Association.
🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨 We're recruiting folks who identify as LGBTQ+ South Asian to participate in 1:1 online interviews to share their experiences with alcohol! Find out if you're eligible here: (tinyurl.com/tmuresearch)
09.07.2025 21:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
TRANScendTO Gathering for 2-Sprit, Trans, and Non-Binary Youth: June 6 - YouthLine
LGBT YouthLine, the City of Toronto, and the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance are partnering to bring together trans, non-binary, and 2-Spirit youth for a powerful day of learning, community, and celebr...
More information and link to register here: www.youthline.ca/transcendto
🕛When: Friday June 6, 2025 | Doors open at 12 p.m. (noon)
📍Where: Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre, 55 Gould St.
Cost: FREE
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Calling all 2-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse youth for a powerful day of learning, community, and celebration. Come out to TRANScendTO on June 6 to attend peer-led workshops, connect with community service providers, eat free food and cheer for the fiercest competitors at a Kiki Ball!
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Graphic on a white background. Centered near the top is a pink icon of a beverage in a martini glass, with a citrus garnish. Below it in purple and pink text it reads: “On days when youth reported higher gender minority stress, they also reported higher alcohol use.” At the bottom of the graphic is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
Graphic on a purple background. Centered near the top is a white icon of a stick figure person sitting on the ground. They are slumped forward with their knees pulled towards their chest, arm resting on their knees, and head resting on their arm. Above them is a cloud with three lightning bolts pointed towards their head, suggesting they are experiencing some kind of distress. Below in pink and white text it reads: “Gender minority stress was related to drinking motives like: coping, enhancement, craving, and psychological distress.” At the bottom of the graphic is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
Graphic on a white background. This graphic is mostly text, with only three squiggly lines (two purple, one pink) running through the graphic to break up the text. Alternating between purple and pink, the text reads: “19 Youth were interviewed. All of them shared experiences of gender minority stress (e.g., gender dysphoria, discrimination, harassment, rejection, feelings of isolation, negative expectations for the future, etc.).” At the bottom of the graphic is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
In March, we published a community-facing report with main findings from the PACT Youth Study!
40 trans and gender diverse youth (18-29) across Canada participated in a 3-week study measuring their use of alcohol and experiences with gender minority stress.
Link in bio!
#transhealth #trans
12.05.2025 14:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PHOTOS: TMU officially breaks ground on Student Wellbeing Centre
TMU students praised for championing new, centralized hub of support
TMU community members gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the new Student Wellbeing Centre on May 6.
07.05.2025 14:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Calling all researchers and innovators! Share your groundbreaking work at #oSTEM2025! Submit your research for a talk or poster presentation and join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ excellence in STEM. Visit bit.ly/oSTEM2025-research to submit.
07.05.2025 19:53 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Beyond the trans-cis binary: A Healthcare Provider’s Guide to Detransition and Non-Linear Gender Trajectories
This toolkit is designed to help healthcare providers better support detransitioners and people with non-linear gender trajectories.
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08.05.2025 13:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic on a gradient background using trans pride flag colours. Centered is off-white text that reads: "Trans youth on alcohol use. TW: gender dysphoria, slurs, discrimination, harassment, gender non-affirmation, suicidality" At the bottom is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
Graphic on a gradient background using trans pride flag colours. Centered near the top of the image is off-white text that reads: "Gender Dysphoria". Centered is a quote from a participant that reads: "Before I got access to hormones and when I knew I was trans … I would drink pretty heavily ... Several times a week, I would just get really, really drunk. Because that was just the only thing that worked to try to have something else on my mind, other than just constant dysphoria, constant suicidal ideation." Below it, who the quote is from: "Magenta, 24, BC". Framing the quoted text is a small image of a quotation mark with a short line on either side. At the bottom is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
![Graphic on a gradient background using trans pride flag colours. Centered near the top of the image is off-white text that reads: "Discrimination & Harassment." Centered is a quote from a participant that reads: "When I was younger, I would … be bullied for being, you know, ‘ha-ha laugh at the t-slur,’ … And that would be why I drank … [I was] fifteen, sixteen … it would only be on particularly egregious days." Below it, who the quote is from: "Copper, 23, ON". Framing the quoted text is a small image of a quotation mark with a short line on either side. At the bottom is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uss5fh2yqecne6clakjh6jie/bafkreihwl527zqmhwusc5jr6s4l72abx44r2udldyjco2jqbvpojynagny@jpeg)
Graphic on a gradient background using trans pride flag colours. Centered near the top of the image is off-white text that reads: "Discrimination & Harassment." Centered is a quote from a participant that reads: "When I was younger, I would … be bullied for being, you know, ‘ha-ha laugh at the t-slur,’ … And that would be why I drank … [I was] fifteen, sixteen … it would only be on particularly egregious days." Below it, who the quote is from: "Copper, 23, ON". Framing the quoted text is a small image of a quotation mark with a short line on either side. At the bottom is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
![Graphic on a gradient background using trans pride flag colours. Centered near the top of the image is off-white text that reads: "Rejection & Isolation" Centered is a quote from a participant that reads: "She [mom] would send me a lot of detransition-er videos ... [and] basically compared me to Frankenstein’s monster." Below it, who the quote is from: "Orange, 18, ON". Framing the quoted text is a small image of a quotation mark with a short line on either side. At the bottom is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uss5fh2yqecne6clakjh6jie/bafkreievw4xsz24fekh7k2qtijam2264x5ikl2nuonwtaevkcatummmikm@jpeg)
Graphic on a gradient background using trans pride flag colours. Centered near the top of the image is off-white text that reads: "Rejection & Isolation" Centered is a quote from a participant that reads: "She [mom] would send me a lot of detransition-er videos ... [and] basically compared me to Frankenstein’s monster." Below it, who the quote is from: "Orange, 18, ON". Framing the quoted text is a small image of a quotation mark with a short line on either side. At the bottom is the CARE Lab Instagram handle.
We interviewed 19 trans and gender diverse youth across Canada; this is what they had to say about the impact of gender minority stress on their alcohol use.
For the full infographic, check out our Instagram! www.instagram.com/p/DIfGjw2JHB...
#trans #transhealth #protecttransyouth #translivesmatter
05.05.2025 14:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You can find the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... If you're interested in access to a PDF version, please reach out!
#trans #transhealth #translivesmatter
02.05.2025 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In March, we published a paper from the PACT Youth study with the International Journal of Transgender Health!
19 trans and gender diverse youth across Canada were interviewed to better understand their lived/living experience(s) related to gender minority stress and substance use.
02.05.2025 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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