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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2022 Oct 8;72(1):153–155. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.016

Table 2:

Sexual Attraction and Contact by Self-Reported Sexual Identity among Gender Diverse Youth, Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2018): Pittsburgh, PA

Transmasculine (n=84) Transfeminine (n=103) Non-Binary (n=94)

Heterosexuala (n=38) Sexual Minorityb (n=46) Heterosexual (n=60) Sexual Minority (n=43) Heterosexual (n=8) Sexual Minority (n=86)

Attraction: No. (%)
 Boys 20 (53%) 7 (15%) 11 (18%) 10 (23%) 1 (13%) 5 (6%)
 GDY 1 (3%) 7 (15%) 1 (2%) 7 (16%) 0 (0%) 11 (14%)
 Girls 15 (40%) 11 (24%) 24 (40%) 9 (21%) 4 (50%) 8 (10%)
 Multiple 1 (3%) 11 (24%) 1 (2%) 9 (21%) 1 (13%) 45 (52%)
 Nobody/Not Sure 1 (3%) 10 (22%) 23 (38%) 8 (19%) 2 (25%) 17 (21%)
Contact: No. (%)
 Boys 11 (29%) 7 (15%) 8 (13%) 13 (30%) 1 (13%) 8 (9%)
 GDY 2 (5%) 9 (20%) 1 (2%) 7 (16%) 0 (0%) 17 (21%)
 Girls 9 (24%) 12 (26%) 19 (32%) 9 (21%) 2 (25%) 19 (11%)
 Nobody 16 (42%) 7 (15%) 32 (53%) 7 (16%) 4 (50%) 35 (41%)
 Multiple 0 (0%) 11 (24%) 0 (0%) 7 (16%) 1 (13%) 17 (20%)
a.

Heterosexual youth = heterosexual only

b.

Sexual minority youth = asexual, bisexual, gay or lesbian, mostly heterosexual, queer, multiple identities, or not sure

c.

Gender diverse youth (GDY) = transgender boys, transgender girls, genderqueer, non-binary, or another identity