• A 2022 study found that youth who identify as transgender are at the highest risk of “violent radicalization.”
• The Quebec-based study titled “Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” explored the extent to which different demographics were open to violent radicalization.
• “Transgender and gender-diverse youth emerge as the group at the highest risk of support for VR (Violent Radicalization). This is in line with results of a recent survey conducted during the pandemic that highlighted high levels of support for VR as well as psychological distress among gender minorities,” it reads.

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