Table 7. Internet/Social media exposures.

		n	%
AYAs internet/social media use just prior to announcement		255
	Increased social media/internet use	162	63.5
	Decreased social media/internet use	3	1.2
	Unchanged social media/internet use	49	19.2
	Don’t know	41	16.1
AYA exposure to internet content/advice*		251
	How to tell if they are transgender	136	54.2
	The reasons that they should transition right away	87	34.7
	That if their parents did not agree to take them for hormones, that the parents are “abusive” and “transphobic”	86	34.3
	That if they waited to transition they would regret it	73	29.1
	That if they didn’t transition immediately they would never be happy	72	28.7
	How to order physical items (binders, packers, etc) without parents finding out	67	26.7
	What to say and what NOT to say to a doctor or therapist in order to convince them to provide hormones	56	22.3
	That if their parents are reluctant to take them for hormones, that they should use the “suicide narrative” to convince them (telling the parents that there is a high rate of suicide in transgender teens.)	52	20.7
	Medical advice about the risks and benefits of hormones	55	21.9
	Medical advice about the risks and benefits of surgery	47	18.7
	That it is acceptable to lie to or withhold information about one’s medical or psychological history from a doctor or therapist in order to get hormones/get hormones faster	44	17.5
	How to hide physical items from parents	40	15.9
	How to hide or make excuses for physical changes	26	10.4
	How to get money from others online in order to pay for medications, etc	25	10.0
	How to get hormones from online sources	24	9.6
	How to hide hormones from parents	21	8.4
	I don’t know if my child received online advice about these topics	127	50.6

*may select more than one answer.