Transgender women report high rates of interpersonal victimization, including child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence and sexual assault, and community and bias-related violence. Transgender individuals experience distinct barriers to help-seeking, including fear of discrimination, harassment, or violence by police, being outed as transgender by partners, and discrimination by social services for survivors of violence. The present study explores experiences of cumulative victimization across the life course and barriers to help-seeking behaviors among a sample of 21 transgender women in Chicago. Study findings can be used to inform interventions that are inclusive of transgender women survivors.

变性妇女报告说，人际间受害率很高，包括虐待和虐待儿童，亲密伴侣的暴力和性侵犯，以及与社区和偏见有关的暴力。跨性别者在寻求帮助方面遇到明显的障碍，包括害怕被警察歧视，骚扰或暴力，被伴侣变性为跨性别者，以及对暴力幸存者的社会服务歧视。本研究探讨了在整个生命过程中累积受害的经历以及在芝加哥的21名跨性别女性样本中寻求帮助行为的障碍。研究结果可用于为包括跨性别女性幸存者在内的干预措施提供信息。