Service user engagement by ethnicity groups at a children's gender identity service in the UK.

Objectives: Gender service utilisation according to ethnicity is largely under-researched. The present research looked at demographics and service user-engagement according to ethnicity of young people accessing a gender service for children.

Method: A total of 2063 ( 14.

Gender diversity and autism spectrum conditions in children and adolescents: A narrative review of the methodologies used by quantitative studies.

Aim: This narrative review aimed to analyse the methodologies used by quantitative studies to evaluate their evidence for the association between gender diversity and autism spectrum conditions (ASC) in child and adolescent population samples.

Method: A systematic search was conducted for papers published between 2010 and 2020.

Results: Fifteen papers met the inclusion criteria; all reported associations between their defined versions of gender diversity and ASC.

Thinking about ethnicity and gender diversity in children and young people.

Background: Little is known about how social and cultural variants interact with gender identity development. This article aims to identify the ethnicities of children and young people referred to the United Kingdom's national Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), and compare the ethnicity data with the UK child population and referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Methods: GIDS referrals made between April 2012 and April 2015 for children and young people were retrieved.