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'It's how the world around you treats you for being trans': mental health and wellbeing of transgender people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Source :
- Psychology & Sexuality; Dec2022, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p1109-1121, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Globally, transgender people have been described as a highly marginalised population due to cisgenderism that delegitimises their gender identities and expressions. Despite robust evidence from many countries noting the association of discrimination and stigma for being transgender with heightened mental health risks, qualitative research that examines the nuances of mental health indicators using health equity frameworks has been scant both in Aotearoa/New Zealand and overseas. Using an inductive thematic approach, this paper analysed 222 open-text responses in the mental health section of the 2018 Counting Ourselves: Aotearoa New Zealand, Trans and Non-binary Health Survey. Our findings showed four overarching themes: gender-affirming healthcare, mental healthcare services and accessibility, gender minority stress, and self-affirmation and social support. Participants' narratives described pervasive gender minority stress experiences in gender-affirming and mental healthcare services, including unmet healthcare needs, lack of competency in healthcare delivery, and pathologisation of their genders. In social settings, our participants commonly reported discrimination and violence, although they also reported that self-affirmation strategies and social support offset the impacts of gender minority stress on their mental health. The current findings indicate the importance of exploring mental health outcomes for transgender people in relation to cisgenderism and resultant gender minority stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- WELL-being
GENDER affirming care
HEALTH services accessibility
SOCIAL support
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
SELF-perception
MENTAL health
SOCIAL stigma
GOODNESS-of-fit tests
MEDICAL care
QUALITATIVE research
GENDER identity
SURVEYS
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
MINORITY stress
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CLINICAL competence
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
TRANSGENDER people
MENTAL health services
SECONDARY analysis
MEDICAL needs assessment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19419899
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychology & Sexuality
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160003927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1897033