Introduction

Gender minority adolescents, such as transgender, gender nonconforming, gender diverse and non-binary youth, may face unique challenges with regard to online sexual communication. They may be especially vulnerable for sexting-related risks. The aim of this study is to explore the sexting experiences of gender minority youth among a school-based sample.

Methods

This brief exploratory study reports on a survey that was conducted among 1293 respondents with an average age of 14.79 years old (SD = 1.97) in the Dutch-speaking area of Belgium, and compares engagement in sexting experiences between cisgender and gender minority youth.

Results

The results of our exploratory study show that gender minority adolescents were more likely to have ever been pressured to send a sexting image. There were no significant differences with regard to receiving sexts, or receiving forwarded sexts. None of the gender minority youth reported that they had forwarded a sexting image from someone else, as opposed to 9.3% of cisgender youth who had forwarded a sext.

Conclusions

Despite the explorative nature of our study, the results suggest that gender minority youth may be at an increased risk to experience sexting-related pressure. Additional research is needed to investigate the sexting experiences of gender minority adolescents. Gender minority youth may benefit from education about safer sexting, and specifically ways to cope with sexting-related pressure.

中文翻译：

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对性别少数族裔青少年性交经历的首次调查

介绍

跨性别，性别不符合，性别多样化和非双性恋青年等性别少数群体青少年可能在在线性传播方面面临独特的挑战。他们可能特别容易遭受色情相关的风险。这项研究的目的是探索一个基于学校的样本中的性别少数族裔青年的性交经历。

方法

这份简短的探索性研究报告了一项调查，该调查是在 比利时荷兰语地区对1293名平均年龄为14.79岁（SD = 1.97）的受访者进行的，该调查比较了顺性别与性别少数群体青年在性交方面的参与。

结果

我们的探索性研究结果表明，性别少数族裔青少年更有可能被迫发送色情图片。接收六重态或接收转发的六重态没有显着差异。性别少数族裔青年中没有一个报告说他们已经转发过其他人的色情图片，相比之下，有9.3％的顺性别青年转发了性观念。

结论

尽管我们的研究具有探索性，但结果表明，性别少数族裔青少年遭受与性相关的压力的风险可能会增加。还需要其他研究来调查性别少数群体青少年的性交经历。性别不平等的年轻人可能会从关于更安全的性交方法的教育中受益，尤其是应对性交相关压力的方法。