Abstract
Little scholarship exists on parenting in the transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) community, even though a sizable portion of the community is either currently parenting or interested in becoming a parent. This dearth of literature is particularly noticeable among those individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB) who identify as transmasculine. This study examined differences in likelihood of being a transgender or GNC parent across a number of sociocultural factors, as well as some parenting experiences specifically among AFAB transmasculine parents, using data from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. Characteristics such as being assigned male at birth, identifying as African American/black or bi/multiracial, and having a physical disability were correlated with increased likelihood of being a parent. A curvilinear relationship between age and the likelihood of being a parent was also found. As the research on parenting and fatherhood grows, this population of transgender and GNC individuals clearly needs a dedicated space in the emerging literature to ensure that their voices and experiences are heard.
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