Abstract

This paper reviews the results of a qualitative metasummary exploring parents’ experiences of a transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) child’s initial identity disclosure conversations or the parent’s initial awareness of their child’s gender identity. We conducted a systematic literature search, resulting in 22 peer-reviewed articles with qualitative data collected from parent participants. Data analysis resulted in two primary themes, five subthemes, and 25 total findings, which we describe in the findings section. The discussion section articulates how these findings may benefit healthcare providers serving parents and their TGNC identified children. This paper concludes with an invitation for healthcare providers to provide services that address the needs of TGNC children, parents, and the relational bond existing between them.

摘要

本文回顾了定性摘要的结果，探讨了父母对跨性别和性别不符合（TGNC）儿童的初次身份公开对话的经验或父母对孩子的性别身份的初次认识。我们进行了系统的文献搜索，结果获得了22篇经过同行评审的文章，这些文章均从父母的参与者中收集了定性数据。数据分析得出两个主要主题，五个子主题和25个总发现，我们将在发现部分中进行描述。讨论部分明确说明了这些发现如何使服务于父母及其TGNC识别的孩子的医疗服务提供者受益。本文最后邀请医疗服务提供者提供满足TGNC儿童，父母及其之间存在的关系的需求的服务。