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ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2023

Transgender/nonbinary young adults' exposure to cissexism-related social stressors: Variation across gender groups.

Gabriel R Murchison, Rodrigo A Aguayo-Romero, Elle Lett, Sabra L Katz-Wise, Madina Agénor, Allegra R Gordon

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Article in Social science & medicine (1982), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Gabriel R MurchisonYale School of Public Health, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, New Haven, CT, USA.
Rodrigo A Aguayo-RomeroHarvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Elle LettCenter for Applied Transgender Studies, Chicago, IL, USA; Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sabra L Katz-WiseBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA, USA.
Madina AgénorFenway Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Brown University School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Providence, RI, USA; Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Providence, RI, USA.
Allegra R GordonBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: allegrag@bu.edu.

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY HIV PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAMT32MH020031 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Trace S Kershaw · 1999 to 2026
$12.1M
Research Education Institute for Dynamic Scholars (REIDS)R25MH087217 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Jasmine Abrams, Trace S Kershaw · 2010 to 2026
$3.9M
CBPR: Enhancing Capacity to Use Innovative Methodologies - Administrative SupplementR25GM111837 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI COOMBE, CHRIS M, ISRAEL, BARBARA ANNE · 2014 to 2018
$1.0M
Social Media and Substance Use Risk and Resilience Among US Emerging AdultsK01DA054357 · NIDA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GORDON, ALLEGRA RABOFF · 2021 to 2025
$891k
NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA054357NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM111837NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH087217NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH020031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYoung adults who are transgender and/or nonbinary (TNB) experience discrimination, violence, and other social stressors as a result of cissexism, the system of power relations that marginalizes people whose genders diverge from sociocultural expectations for the sex they were assigned at birth. However, variation in TNB young adults' exposure to social stressors across gender groups, particularly specific nonbinary gender groups (e.g., agender, genderqueer), has not been well characterized.

methodsWe analyzed data from an online cross-sectional survey of U.S. TNB young adults (N = 667; ages 18-30 years; 44% White, 24% multiracial, 14% Black, 10% Latinx, 7% Asian, 1% another race/ethnicity), assessing gender non-affirmation; cissexist discrimination, rejection, and victimization; general discrimination; sexual assault victimization; and psychological, physical, and sexual abuse in childhood/adolescence. We used generalized linear models to test for variation in stressors across six gender groups (transgender woman [n = 259], transgender man [n = 141], agender [n = 36], gender fluid [n = 30], genderqueer [n = 51], nonbinary [n = 150]) and compare each group to the full sample. We performed similar analyses among nonbinary gender groups.

resultsExposure to stressors was considerable in all groups. Several stressors (e.g., past-year cissexist discrimination) did not vary significantly by gender group. Compared to the full sample, transgender women reported greater lifetime cissexist rejection and lifetime and past-year cissexist victimization. Compared to the full sample, transgender men and women reported greater lifetime cissexist discrimination and lower past-year gender non-affirmation. No stressors varied significantly across nonbinary gender groups.

conclusionAmong TNB young adults, women, men, and nonbinary people experience distinct patterns of some (though not all) stigma-related stressors. Decisions about (dis)aggregating research participants by gender group, or providing gender-tailored services for TNB people, should account for patterning of pertinent stressors. Efforts to eliminate structural cissexism should address intersections with other systems of power relations, including sexism and binary normativity.

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Crime VictimsTransgender PersonsAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGender IdentityHumansMaleViolenceYoung AdultDiscriminationGender identityNonbinaryStigmaTransgender

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PMID37315357
PMCPMC10710666

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