How Does Social Transition Affect Trans Youth? This Psychologist Started a 20-Year Study to Find Out.

Most transgender research focuses on adults, but Kristina Olson wants to see how social transition affects kids.

By Lacy Schley
Jun 12, 2019 6:00 AMDec 13, 2019 5:52 PM
Kristina Olson - MacArthur Foundation
Kristina Olson leads the 20-year TransYouth Project. (Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

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Researchers have long studied transgender people — those who don’t identify as the gender that aligns with their biologically determined sex at birth. But until recently, most of the research has focused on adults. Kristina Olson, a psychologist at the University of Washington, is helping to change that.

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