Young people need us to see them as they are, and adults are off the mark, a study say [cnn.com]

By Madeline Holcombe, Photo: Shutterstock, CNN Health, March 21, 2022

There is more we can do to make our kids feel seen, accepted and secure -- and it starts with adding more terms forgender identity and sexual orientation to the official forms we give them, according to a new study.

Researchers in Minnesota analyzed data from students across the state in grades eight, nine and 11, finding that a significant portion of the youth population identified with terms including lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, transgender, genderqueer, genderfluid or nonbinary.

Many of the identities the students in the study use are often absent from forms and surveys given to them, which is especially concerning given the high rates of depression and bias-based bullying many students, particularly those who identified as pansexual, nonbinary or transmasculine.

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