The Gender Inclusive Sexuality Talks Program

The study is centered on helping parents answer and meet the sexuality-specific questions and needs of transgender, gender diverse, lesbian or bisexual female youth. This study seeks to test the efficacy of the GIST Program as a parent-child sexuality communication intervention that educates and trains parents to be purveyors of inclusive health information as transgender, gender diverse, lesbian or bisexual female youth come of age at home.

Inclusion Criteria: Youth participants are: identify as transgender or gender diverse, or lebian or bisexual female be between ages 12-18 years able to comprehend spoken English resides in the United States consents or assents to study participation Parent participants are: the parent, legal guardians, legal custodians (hereinafter "parent") of index youth age 18 or older able to comprehend spoken English resides in the United States consents to study participation consents to their child's study participation Exclusion Criteria: Excluded youth participants are: non-transgender or gender diverse or lesbian or bisexual female youth Excluded participants are: parents whose child does not meet eligibility criteria