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LGBTQ+ Students in Alberta: 12 Evidence-Based Facts

This fact sheet presents research findings about 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their cisgender and heterosexual peers in Alberta, Canada, and beyond.

 

THE RESEARCH BEHIND OUR FACTS

  1. Saewyc, E.M. (2017). Respecting variations in embodiment as well as gender: Beyond the presumed ‘binary’ of sex. [Invited commentary]. Nursing Inquiry, 25, e12184.
  2. Veale J.F., Peter T., Travers R., & Saewyc E.M. (2017). Enacted Stigma, Mental Health, and Protective Factors Among Transgender Youth in Canada. Transgender Health, 2(1): 207-216.
  3. Watson R.J., Peter T., McKay T., Edkins T., & Saewyc E. (2018). Evidence of changing patterns in mental health and depressive symptoms for sexual minority adolescents. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, Vol. 22(1): 1-19.
  4. Wells, K., Frohard-Dourlent H., Saewyc E., Ferguson, M., Veale J., & the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey Research Group. (2017). Being Safe, Being Me in Alberta: Results of the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey. Vancouver, BC: Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia. Available online at www.saravyc.ubc.ca
  5. Eisenberg M.A., Mehus C.J., Saewyc E.M., Corliss H.L., Gower A.L., Sullivan R., & Porta C.M. (2018) Helping Young People Stay Afloat: A Qualitative Study of Community Resources and Supports for LGBTQ Adolescents in the United States and Canada. Journal of Homosexuality, 65(8): 969-989.
    • Bill 10: An Act to Amend the Alberta Bill of Rights to Protect Our Children. (2014). 1st Reading Dec. 1st, 2014, 28th Legislature, 3rd Session.
    • https://education.alberta.ca/media/158726/act_to_amend_the_alberta_bill_of_rights_to_protect_our_children.pdf

    • Bill 7: Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act. (2015). 1st Reading Nov. 19, 2015 29th Legislature, 1st Session. https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/bills/bill/legislature_29/session_1/20150611_bill-007.pdf
    • Bill 24: An Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances. (2017). 1st Reading Nov. 2nd, 2017, 29th Legislature, 3rd Session. http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/bills/bill/legislature_29/session_3/20170302_bill-024.pdf
  6. Porta C., Gower A., Mehus C., Yu X., & Saewyc E., & Eisenberg M. (2017). “Kicked out”: LGBTQ youths’ bathroom experiences and preferences. Journal of Adolescence, 56: 107-112.
  7. Wells, K., Frohard-Dourlent H., Saewyc E., Ferguson, M., Veale J., & the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey Research Group. (2017). Being Safe, Being Me in Alberta: Results of the Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey. Vancouver, BC: Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia. Available online at www.saravyc.ubc.ca
  8. Saewyc E., Konishi C., Rose H., & Homma Y. (2014). School-based strategies to reduce suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and discrimination among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents in Western Canada. International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, 5(1): 89-112.
  9. McCreary Centre Society & Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre. (2016). “Supporting LGBTQ Youth” [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://www.saravyc.ubc.ca.
  10. Greenspan S. B., Griffith, C., & Murtagh E.F. (2017). LGBTQ youths' school athletic experiences: A 40-year content analysis in nine flagship journals. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, (11)3: 190-200.
    • Pride Tape, http://pridetape.com/
  11. Wolowic J., Heston L., Saewyc E., Porta C., & Eisenberg M. (2016). Chasing the rainbow: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth and pride semiotics. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 19(5): 557-571.

 

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