Increased Prevalence, Predictors, and In-Group Differences of Forced Sex and Physical Dating Violence among Trans/Gender Diverse Youth

Shanna K. Kattari, Brittanie Atteberry-Ash, Christopher Collins, Leonardo Kattari and Vern Harner
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Shanna K. Kattari: School of Social Work and the Department of Women’s and Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Brittanie Atteberry-Ash: School of Social Work, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Christopher Collins: College of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304, USA
Leonardo Kattari: School of Social Work, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Vern Harner: School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Forced sex and dating violence are too common among young people and rates are higher for young transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals. However, the TGD youth population has differential experiences across gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and other identity factors. This study, using data from the 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, explores these differential within-group experiences of forced sex and dating violence. Findings indicate that sexual minorities who are also TGD are 2.45–3.73 times more likely to experience forced sex and physical dating violence than their TGD heterosexual peers. Individuals who are transfeminine (4.49 times), transmasculine (2.52 times), and nonbinary (3.86 times) are more likely to experience forced sex, as well as physical dating violence (transfeminine (4.01 times), transmasculine (2.91 times), and nonbinary (4.77 times)), as compared to those individuals questioning their gender. Black individuals (3.93 times) and Multiracial individuals (2.39 times) are more likely to experience dating violence than their White counterparts. Age was related to increased experience of forced sex, with individuals being 1.34 times more likely to have experienced this per year increase of age. These findings indicate the need for more trans-inclusive youth programing around sexual violence and dating violence, as well as taking a more intersectional and personalized approach to prevention work.

Keywords: forced sex; dating violence; intimate partner violence; transgender; gender diverse; nonbinary; gender identity; youth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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