Abstract

Discrimination, violence, and suicidal thoughts are the most common problems of transgender people that should be considered. In this cross-sectional study we investigated the rates of discrimination, violence, and suicidal behaviors in transgender women. The participants were selected through convenient sampling from August 2019 to March 2020 in Iran. Our results indicated that a significant percentage of participants were subjected to discrimination, physical violence, verbal or emotional violence, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts. We concluded that legalizing the process of gender reassignment alone is not enough and without adequate family, social, and health support, these individuals are subject to a variety of threats.

摘要

歧视、暴力和自杀念头是跨性别者最常见的问题，应该予以考虑。在这项横断面研究中，我们调查了跨性别女性的歧视、暴力和自杀行为率。参与者是在 2019 年 8 月至 2020 年 3 月期间在伊朗通过便利抽样选出的。我们的结果表明，很大一部分参与者受到歧视、身体暴力、言语或情感暴力、性暴力、自杀念头和自杀企图。我们得出的结论是，仅将性别重新分配过程合法化是不够的，如果没有足够的家庭、社会和健康支持，这些人会受到各种威胁。