Systemic transphobia and ongoing barriers to healthcare for transgender and nonbinary people: A historical analysis of #TransHealthFail.

ABSTRACT: Transgender (T+) people report negative healthcare experiences such as being misgendered, pathologizing gender, and gatekeeping care, as well as treatment refusal. Less is known about T+ patients' perceptions of interrelated factors associated with, and consequences of, negative experiences. The purpose of this analysis was to explore T+ patients' negative healthcare experiences through Twitter posts using the hashtag #transhealthfail. Publicly available Tweets published between July 2015 and November 2021 from US-based Twitter accounts were collected via Mozdeh. Tweets were deductively analyzed for content using a list of a-priori codes developed from existing literature. Additional codes were developed as new ideas emerged from the data. When possible, type of care location, providers in

SUBMITTER: McLaughlin AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11902059 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature