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Dylan Hughes

@dehughes.bsky.social

Clinical Psychology Graduate Student CCNL Lab @ UCLA

Dylan Hughes @dehughes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

For more info on PLEs: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... For more info on the Movement Advancement Project, which collated the state-level policy data: www.lgbtmap.org

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Dylan Hughes @dehughes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

To me, this figure alone should compel lawmakers and voters to consider whether the freedom of gender exploration is the problem. Or the public's response to it. The data shown here suggest the latter.

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Dylan Hughes @dehughes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This group of teens is the *only*, of the groups defined here, to exhibit statistically significant increases in PLEs over time. The slope of every other line you see is not statistically differentiable from zero (or statistically significantly less than zero).

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Dylan Hughes @dehughes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Take a look at the pink line in the bottom right quadrant. This line represents young people who endorse a nonconforming experience of gender who reside in states with consistently unsupportive legislation related to gender identity.

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Dylan Hughes @dehughes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Policy matters. Check out our latest preprint. This figure from it is the most salient for me. All groups of teens (n~11k) across the United States show no change in, or declining, psychotic-like experiences - which are relatively normative, but distressing experiences - except one group...

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Dylan Hughes @dehughes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

LA is holding a Stand Up For Science solidarity event! Join us to amplify our voices and our values at the Federal Building in Westwood at the corner of Wilshire and Veteran at 12 PM! If you’re looking for an event in your city, see standupforscience2025.org/local-events/

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