Transgender students in every race/ethnicity group report harassment at least twice the rate of non-transgender peers (60%+ vs. 32% or less)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In each race/ethnicity group, transgender students were at least twice as likely as non-transgender peers to report harassment, with 60 percent or more of transgender students reporting harassment versus no more than 32 percent of non-transgender students. → Cerna 2021

Evidence¶

Cerna 2021¶

Cerna, R., Stern, A., Austin, G., Betz, J., Zhang, G., & Hashmi, S. (2021). Understanding the experiences of LGBTQ high school students in California by race/ethnicity. WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/lgbtq-students-in-california/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive percentages from the CHKS 2017–19 pooled high school sample (Table 6), comparing harassment reports across gender identity within each of seven race/ethnicity groups. The report prints the contrast as "at least twice as likely" with 60%+ versus 32% or less; no inferential tests or effect sizes are reported.

"Transgender students were at least twice as likely to report experiencing harassment as their non-transgender peers in each race/ethnicity group. Regardless of race/ethnicity, 60 percent or more of all transgender students in the sample indicated that they have experienced harassment."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Identity — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

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• Bisexual students in every race/ethnicity group report chronic sadness at more than twice the rate of straight students — related
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