Transgender teens may turn to substance use to cope with stress

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Over half of transgender or gender minority (GM) adolescents engage in substance use, seemingly as a coping strategy in response to GM stressors, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sabra L. Katz-Wise of Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, US, and colleagues.

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