Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth are at disproportionately higher rates of being involved in the youth legal system compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers.1-3 Research highlights that mental health symptoms and suicidal ideation and behavior are more common among SGM legally involved youth (LIY) compared to LIY who are not SGM,4 which calls upon the urgent need to build research efforts with SGM LIY. Although theoretical models propose that the intersectionality between legal involvement and SGM status may exacerbate minority stress, there are considerable gaps in understanding the mechanisms driving these youth disparities. This may be, in part, due to a lack of consistent and robust data collection with SGM youth involved in the legal system.5 A recent commentary by Ramos and colleagues identified the need to collect sexual and gender identity information, for example, in state and federal surveys. These data would better characterize identity-related risk and protective factors that could be used in intervention and prevention programming.5.

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参与法律制度的性青年和性别少数青年的数据收集


与异性恋和顺性别同龄人相比，性少数群体和性别少数群体 （SGM） 青少年参与青少年法律制度的比率高得不成比例。1-3 研究强调，与非 SGM 的 LIY 相比，SGM 合法参与青少年 （LIY） 的心理健康症状和自杀意念和行为更为常见，4 这呼吁迫切需要与 SGM LIY 建立研究工作。尽管理论模型表明法律参与和 SGM 地位之间的交叉性可能会加剧少数族裔的压力，但在理解导致这些青年差异的机制方面存在相当大的差距。这可能部分是由于缺乏对参与法律系统的 SGM 青年的一致和强大的数据收集。5 Ramos 及其同事最近的一篇评论指出，例如，在州和联邦调查中，需要收集性和性别认同信息。这些数据将更好地描述可用于干预和预防计划的身份相关风险和保护因素5。