UW News
Selin Gulgoz
November 18, 2019
Among transgender children, gender identity as strong as in cisgender children, study shows
![Photo of two children, in silhouette, on a beach](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/11/12094952/TransYouth-Project-photo-1-lumix2004-150x150.jpg)
New findings from the largest study of socially-transitioned transgender children in the world, conducted by researchers at the University of Washington, show that gender identity and gender-typed preferences manifest similarly in both cis- and transgender children, even those who recently transitioned.