Citation

Rood BA, Puckett JA, Pantalone DW, Bradford JB. LGBT Health 2015; 2(3): 270-275.

Affiliation

The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health , Boston, Massachusetts.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/lgbt.2013.0048

PMID

26788676

PMCID

PMC4713016

Abstract

Transgender individuals experience violence and discrimination, which, in addition to gender transitioning, are established correlates of psychological distress. In a statewide sample of 350 transgender adults, we investigated whether a history of violence and discrimination increased the odds of reporting lifetime suicidal ideation (SI) and whether differences in SI were predicted by gender transition status. Violence, discrimination, and transition status significantly predicted SI. Compared with individuals with no plans to transition, individuals with plans or who were living as their identified gender reported greater odds of lifetime SI. We discuss implications for SI disparities using Meyer's minority stress model.

Language: en