re: parents of transgendered individuals

[Jennifer Mato]

Dear List Owner,

Please let me introduce myself, I am a doctoral candidate at Alliant International University, San Diego. For my dissertation, I am examining gender perceptions among people with various sexual orientations/gender identities. The research study was developed in consultation with my dissertation committee, LGBT individuals, and was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) at Alliant International University.

I am currently looking for participants, and wanted to ask for your help in spreading the word. I respect the privacy of your members, and therefore am approaching you instead sending a message to the whole list.

I am looking for parents of transgendered individuals, who are residents of California to complete an anonymous online questionnaire, available at: www.genderstudy.info (instead of .org or .com).

I hope that this study will contribute to further understanding of the understudied and underserved trans population. I also believe the knowledge gained from this study will help therapists in addressing issues related to sexual orientations and gender identities.

Thank you,

Jennifer Mato, M.A., LMFT
Marital and Family Therapy Doctoral Candidate
Alliant International University (San Diego)
jm...@alliant.edu

Dissertation chair: Narumi Taniguchi, Ph.D.