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Sociodemographic Characteristics, Gender Identification, and Gender Affirmation Pathways in Transgender People: A Survey Study in Chile
- Source :
- Archives of Sexual Behavior. 50:3505-3516
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Understanding the internal diversity of transgender communities is essential for developing optimal, inclusive policies and service provision. To date, research on this topic remains scarce in Chile. We conducted a survey study describing sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex assigned at birth, onset age, nationality, education, sex work, having a partner, having children, sexual orientation, religiousness, gender identification, and gender affirmation pathways). A snowball sample of 377 self-identified transgender adults living in Chile (Mage = 31.88, rangeage = 18–67) was collected for the purpose of this study. According to their sex assigned at birth, 139 participants were female and 238 male. Results revealed that sex assigned at birth was significantly associated with almost all the sociodemographic variables. Eight gender self-identification categories were obtained based on self-declaration. These gender identification categories varied according to sex assigned at birth. Finally, four patterns (clusters) of gender affirmative actions were identified among participants. These patterns indicated that the longer the gender affirmation pathway time, the greater the invasiveness level of the medical procedures used. Sex assigned at birth moderated the association between gender affirmation pathways and gender identity categories. Results were discussed highlighting the heterogeneity found in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, gender identification, and gender affirmation pathways.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Transgender Persons
Young Adult
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Transgender
medicine
Humans
Chile
Child
Association (psychology)
General Psychology
Aged
Sex work
media_common
Public health
Infant, Newborn
Gender Identity
Middle Aged
Snowball sampling
Sexual orientation
Female
Identification (biology)
Psychology
Transsexualism
Diversity (politics)
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15732800 and 00040002
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Sexual Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....95681ba2a0db8e019b2a6d9b40f47ad0