Transgender young women with supportive mothers less likely to have suicidal thoughts

Head shots of Adedotun Ogunbajo and Sari Reisner

The findings of a paper published in LGBT Health by Harvard Pop Center postdoctoral fellow Adedotun Ogunbajo, PhD, and faculty affiliate Sari Reisner, ScD, and their colleagues suggest that interventions targeting the parents of transgender young women could be an effective way to reduce the chances of this population experiencing suicidal ideation.