Brandon-Friedman, Richard2024-07-252024-07-252024-06-28https://hdl.handle.net/1805/42445Video available at: https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/dn39xt635Video available at: https://youtu.be/zgot_OdYQdw?si=fq40cJ2ss0QGqMiTDr. Brandon-Friedman, his doctoral students, and gender-diverse community members discuss recent research projects designed to better understand and address the needs of gender-diverse youth. These include tracking the impact of gender-affirming care on gender-diverse youths’ well-being over a two-year period, exploring the impact of educational institution betrayal on gender-diverse youths’ education and social well-being, developing a therapeutic group for gender-diverse youth and their caregivers, and assisting with the development of a life skills curriculum for gender-diverse People of Color age 18-24. These projects all have been funded through various community-based mechanisms and all have included the gender-diverse community in their design, implementation, and evaluation. Learn how researchers can engage with the community to learn about and address their needs.en-USOther