Abstract

Stress arising from the experience of stigma and discrimination around gender identity is known to negatively influence health outcomes for transgender individuals. The Gender Minority Stress and Resilience (GMSR) scale is a validated tool for measuring experiences of minority stress and resilience among transgender individuals. This paper seeks to examine whether there are differences in how youth respond to the GMSR scale. Using data from a sample of 202 transgender and gender nonbinary youth collected online, this analysis compares responses to the GMSR scale between transgender youth with binary and nonbinary gender identities. While reports of non-affirmation were generally high (M = 15.02), and community connectedness for all participants was generally low (M = 7.5), there were no significant differences to scale responses across gender identity. Nonbinary assigned male at birth (AMAB) reported greater rates of threats of physical violence due to gender identity or expression. Nonbinary assigned female at birth (AFAB) reported greater rates of feeling unique in their gender identity or expression. This preliminary analysis suggests that the GMSR scale is a useful tool, however, further research is needed to understand stress and resilience among transgender and gender nonbinary youth and developing specific measures that capture their experience.

摘要

众所周知，由于对性别认同的歧视和歧视而产生的压力会对跨性别者的健康产生负面影响。性别少数族裔压力和复原力（GMSR）量表是一种经过验证的工具，可用于衡量跨性别个体中少数群体的压力和复原力的经历。本文旨在研究年轻人对GMSR量表的反应方式是否存在差异。利用在线收集的202位跨性别和非双性性别青年样本数据，该分析比较了具有双性别和非双性性别认同的跨性别青年对GMSR量表的反应。尽管未得到肯定的报告普遍较高（M  = 15.02），所有参与者的社区联系程度普遍较低（M = 7.5），跨性别认同的规模反应没有显着差异。非性别指定出生时的男性（AMAB）报告称由于性别认同或性别表达而遭受身体暴力威胁的比例更高。非二元出生的女性（AFAB）在性别认同或表达上感觉独特的比率更高。这项初步分析表明，GMSR量表是一种有用的工具，但是，需要进一步的研究来了解跨性别者和性别非双性恋青年之间的压力和适应力，并制定可捕捉其经验的具体措施。