ABSTRACT

Research finds that transgender survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) often face transphobia-related barriers to reaching help. Due partially to a dearth of larger datasets supporting multivariate analyses, it is unclear whether sociodemographic factors can further hinder transgender help-seeking. Addressing these gaps, logistic regression secondary data analyses were conducted with 15,198 transgender IPV survivors from the nationally-representative 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Odds of seeking help from survivor agencies were significantly greater for survivors who are trans men, assigned-female-at-birth genderqueer, Alaska Native or American Indian, poorer, transphobia victims, and victims of any IPV type, especially controlling IPV. In addition, odds of not seeking help due fearing transphobic responses were significantly greater for survivors who are trans women, asexual or bisexual, poorer, younger, undocumented, childless, ever homeless, transphobia victims, or victims of any IPV type, particularly sexual IPV. Implications for future research and population-specific service provision are discussed.

摘要

研究发现，亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的跨性别幸存者在寻求帮助时经常面临与跨性别恐惧症相关的障碍。部分由于缺乏支持多变量分析的大型数据集，尚不清楚社会人口因素是否会进一步阻碍跨性别寻求帮助。针对这些差距，对来自具有全国代表性的 2015 年美国跨性别调查的 15,198 名跨性别 IPV 幸存者进行了逻辑回归二级数据分析. 对于跨性别男性、出生时被指定为女性的性别酷儿、阿拉斯加原住民或美洲印第安人、较贫穷、跨性别恐惧症受害者以及任何 IPV 类型的受害者，尤其是控制 IPV 的受害者，寻求幸存者机构帮助的几率要大得多。此外，对于跨性别女性、无性恋或双性恋、贫穷、年轻、无证、无子女、无家可归、跨性别恐惧症受害者或任何 IPV 类型的受害者，尤其是性 IPV 的受害者，由于害怕跨性别者的反应而不寻求帮助的几率要大得多. 讨论了对未来研究和针对特定人群的服务提供的影响。