Jessica Fish (she/her)
drjessicafish.bsky.social
Jessica Fish (she/her)
@drjessicafish.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ youth health researcher. 🌈
Associate Professor of Family Science. Co-Director of the UMD Prevention Research Center. University of Maryland School of Public Health. Views are mine.
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Call for Submissions – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Global Forum on Development, Health, and Rights, a conference organized in Utrecht, NLD, in August 2026.

Submission deadline: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. www.srcd.org/event/sexual...
Call for Submissions | Society for Research in Child Development SRCD
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October 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#LGBTQ Research: Using data from the LGBTQ National Teen Survey, researchers found that a more supportive state policy environment for coverage of gender-affirming care was associated w/ fewer depressive symptoms. No suprise for parents and clinicians...

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State-level gender-affirming healthcare policy and depressive symptoms among LGBTQ+ youth
U.S. states vary in their level of support and protection for transgender and gender diverse youth. Few studies have examined associations between sta…
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November 24, 2024 at 6:40 PM