The Impact of Gender Variance on Adolescents’ Wellbeing: Does the School Context Matter?

Schools are often heteronormative environments, negatively influencing the wellbeing of LGB students. Less is known about the impact on gender-variant adolescents. Hence, this study investigates the wellbeing of gender-variant students—as evidenced by their gender (a)typicality and pressure for gender conformity— in different school cultures—as evidenced by the level of traditional gender role attitudes and homonegativity. We examine these...