Gender-concordant identity documents and mental health among transgender adults in the USA: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transgender (trans) people experience profound mental health disparities compared with the general population, attributable in part to the psychological effects of gender non-affirmation. Despite the barriers to legal gender affirmation for trans people, little is known about its association with mental health. We therefore sought to determine whether having gender-concordant identity documents (IDs) is associated with mental health among trans adults in the USA. We hypothesised that having an ID that reflects one's preferred name and gender marker would be associated with reduced psychological distress and suicide risk.

Methods

In this cross-sectional observational study, we obtained data from the 2015 US Transgender Survey, the largest cross-sectional survey of

SUBMITTER: Scheim AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912749 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature