The New Zealand Herald and the Vancouver Sun highlighted new UBC research that showed trans youth get pregnant at about the same rate as their non-trans peers.
The researchers found that about one in 20 sexually experienced trans youth aged 14-25 had become pregnant, or caused a pregnancy, at least once. This compares with the five per cent of sexually active youths in B.C. who have been involved in pregnancies.
“It’s an important responsibility for health care providers to let trans youth know what the risks are to make sure they know how to protect themselves,” said Elizabeth Saewyc, the study’s senior author and a professor of nursing at UBC.
This story also appeared in the Times of India, Business Standard, Times Colonist and Georgia Straight.
