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. 2022 Jun 29;23(4):409–427. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2085224

Table 2.

Trajectories of retransitioning youth.

Youth Interview participation status Assigned sex at birth Age at 1st social transition Age at retransition Age at second retransition
Cisgender Youth: currently using the binary pronouns assigned to them at birth
 Youth 1 Participated (past round of interviews) Male 3 to she/her 5 to he/him n/a
 Youth 2 Participated Female 4 to he/him 8 to she/her n/a
 Youth 3 Participated Male 4 to she/her 9 to he/him n/a
 Youth 4 Participated Male 6 to she/her 11 to he/him n/a
 Youth 5 Participated Male 5 to she/her 6 to he/him n/a
 Youth 6 Did not participate Male 4 to she/her 8 to they/them 9 to he/him
 Youth 7 Did not participate Male 4 to she/her 5 to he/him n/a
 Youth 8 Did not participate Male 5 to she/her 5 to he/him n/a
    Mean age: 4.4 7.1 9.0
Nonbinary Youth: currently using they/them pronouns, or a mix of pronouns including they/them
 Youth 9 Participated Male 3 to she/her 8 to they/them n/a
 Youth 10 Participated Male 5 to she/her 10 to they/them n/a
 Youth 11 Participated Male 5 to she/her 9 to they/them n/a
 Youth 12 Participated Male 6 to she/her 9 to they/them n/a
 Youth 13 Participated Female 7 to he/him 11 to she/her 12 to they/them
 Youth 14 Participated Male 7 to she/her 10 to they/them n/a
 Youth 15 Participated Female 10 to he/him 13 to he/him and they/them 14 to she/her and they/them
 Youth 16 Participated Female 10 to he/him 12 to they/them n/a
 Youth 17 Did not participate Male 5 to she/her 6 to she/her and they/them n/a
 Youth 18 Did not participate Male 5 to she/her 7 to he/him, she/her, and they/them n/a
 Youth 19 Did not participate Female 8 to he/him 9 to mostly they/them or name n/a
    Mean age: 6.5 9.5 13.0
Binary Transgender Youth: currently using the binary pronouns other than the ones assigned at birth
 Youth 20 Participated Female 7 to he/him 8 to they/them and he/him 10 to he/him
 Youth 21 Participated Male 7 to she/her 10 to they/them 11 to she/her
 Youth 22 Did not participate Female 11 to he/him 13 to they/them 14 to he/him
 Youth 23 Did not participate Female 9 to he/him 13 to they/them 14 to he/him
    Mean age: 8.5 11.0 12.3