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Phillip Joy, a registered dietician and assistant professor at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, said LGBTQ people experience higher body image pressure as they not only try to conform to the ideals of a society in which being cisgendered and straight is considered the norm, but also try find belonging within queer communities.

Watch Dr. Kerith J. Conron (she/her), Research Director at the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and co-author of the ‘Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Youth’ brief, discuss efforts in the US to restrict access to gender-affirming care and learn about their policy and research implications.

Dane Di Cesare’s latest research project is exploring the ways in which video games and gaming communities impact the well-being and identity development of 2S&LGBTQ+ youth aged 14 to 29.