Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations

Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations

Background: In recent years, Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) joined a growing list of states allowing residents to easily change the gender marker and name on government-identification (ID) documents. This was an important change for transgender and gender diverse (trans) residents, who fac...

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Main Authors: Arjee Restar, Harry Jin, Aaron Breslow, Sari L. Reisner, Matthew Mimiaga, Sean Cahill, Jaclyn M.W. Hughto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Subjects:
Legal name
Legal gender marker
Transgender
Mental health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827320302329

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