Children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity for several years, according to a newly published study.
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Kristina Olson, a Princeton University psychologist who led the study, said a few of the children transitioned back briefly during the study but by the end, most had returned to a transgender identity. She noted that when the study began, in 2013,"nonbinary" wasn't a common term and the children studied used male or female pronouns. That may change as the researchers follow them through their teen years. The youngsters were around age 12 on average when the study ended.
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