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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Attitudes Towards Parents of Trans Children and Their Rights: An Australian Study |
Author: | Riggs, D.W. Rosenberg, S. Navarro, D.J. |
Citation: | Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2023; 20(1):198-207 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
ISSN: | 1868-9884 1553-6610 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Damien W. Riggs, Shoshana Rosenberg, Danielle J. Navarro |
Abstract: | Introduction: Trans children and their parents face challenges in both their private and public lives. In terms of the latter, public attitudes toward trans children and their parents can signifcantly impact experiences of inclusion or exclusion, including in terms of rights. Yet, to date, while a substantive body of research has focused on attitudes toward trans people in general, lacking is a focus on trans children and their parents. Methods: The study reported in this paper involved data collected in 2021 with a convenience sample of people living in Australia, who were asked to respond to a series of vignettes featuring accounts of parents of children of different gender modalities and genders, and participants were asked to rate the parents of the children in the vignettes. Participants also completed measures about traditional views of motherhood and fatherhood, a social dominance measure, a measure of values, and a measure of attitudes towards trans rights. Results: The findings suggest mothers were rated more negatively than fathers, those with more traditional views about mothers and fathers rated all vignettes more negatively, and those with more positive attitudes toward trans rights rated all vignettes more positively. There were no differences in ratings of parents based on the gender modality of the child; however, parents of non-binary children were rated most negatively. Conclusions: Together, the findings suggest broad support for trans children and their parents among the sample. Policy Implications The findings suggest that any restrictions to the rights or inclusion of trans children and their parents would likely not align with the views of people living in Australia. |
Keywords: | Attitudes; Social dominance; Rights; Trans children and their parents; Values; Vignette study |
Description: | Published online: 27 May 2022 |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13178-022-00737-4 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT130100087 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00737-4 |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology publications |
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