Understanding the internal diversity of transgender communities is essential for developing optimal, inclusive policies and service provision. To date, research on this topic remains scarce in Chile. We conducted a survey study describing sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex assigned at birth, onset age, nationality, education, sex work, having a partner, having children, sexual orientation, religiousness, gender identification, and gender affirmation pathways). A snowball sample of 377 self-identified transgender adults living in Chile (M_age = 31.88, range_age = 18–67) was collected for the purpose of this study. According to their sex assigned at birth, 139 participants were female and 238 male. Results revealed that sex assigned at birth was significantly associated with almost all the sociodemographic variables. Eight gender self-identification categories were obtained based on self-declaration. These gender identification categories varied according to sex assigned at birth. Finally, four patterns (clusters) of gender affirmative actions were identified among participants. These patterns indicated that the longer the gender affirmation pathway time, the greater the invasiveness level of the medical procedures used. Sex assigned at birth moderated the association between gender affirmation pathways and gender identity categories. Results were discussed highlighting the heterogeneity found in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, gender identification, and gender affirmation pathways.

了解跨性别社区的内部多样性对于制定最佳的、包容性的政策和服务提供至关重要。迄今为止，智利对这一主题的研究仍然很少。我们进行了一项描述社会人口学特征（年龄、出生时分配的性别、发病年龄、国籍、教育、性工作、有伴侣、有孩子、性取向、宗教信仰、性别认同和性别肯定途径）的调查研究。居住在智利的 377 名自我认同的跨性别成年人的滚雪球样本（M_年龄 = 31.88，范围_年龄 = 18-67）是为了本研究的目的而收集的。根据出生时分配的性别，139 名参与者是女性，238 名男性。结果显示，出生时分配的性别与几乎所有社会人口变量都显着相关。基于自我声明获得了八个性别自我认同类别。这些性别识别类别因出生时分配的性别而异。最后，在参与者中确定了四种性别平权行动模式（集群）。这些模式表明，性别确认途径时间越长，所使用的医疗程序的侵入性水平就越大。出生时分配的性别调节了性别肯定途径和性别认同类别之间的关联。