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Fredriksen-Goldsen Shines Light on Coming Out as Trans Later in Life in Everyday Health

Posted: 7/27/2023 (CSDE in the News)

Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, CSDE Affiliate and UW Professor of Social Work, was recently quoted in Everyday Health on “What It’s Like to Come Out as Trans in Your 50s or Later”, penned by Sarah Prager. Using her research on aging in the LGBTQ+ population, Karen aids in shining light as to why there are large generational differences in how long older and younger adults took to start their transitions despite there being no statistical difference between older and young adults when it came to onset of reported gender dysphoria. You can read more about the findings and their implications in the full story.

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