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Cheryl S Al-Mateen1, Terrance Embry2, Jonathan Shepherd3
1Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, PO Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Abstract:
This article will review the literatureregarding the impact of trauma and violence on boys and young men, includingthose who identify as Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer. Currently males under18 make up roughly half of the 73.1 million children in the US-about 22% of theUS population. The child and adolescent mental health clinician must be awareof and able to recognize how violence affects trans, nonbinary, andgender-nonconforming people who are targeted for defying gender norms andexpressions.
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