Media Reports-Northwestern University


Defying gender norms linked to childhood abuse, PTSD.


by Mitch Montoya | Feb 23, 2012


http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=201083


For Malic White, growing as a child actor meant frequently challenging what it means to be a girl or a boy. But it wasn't until White identified as transgender during high school that the question of self became difficult and complex.

"My family was okay with me being queer," said White, who is graduating from the University of Chicago in June with a bachelor of arts in gender studies and creative writing. "But being trans is difficult for them to identify with because I don't represent my gender in a binary way."

Wow - this really resonates for me. It's something therapists have been saying for years, on the basis of their own informal observations. Good to see more formal studies on this happening.