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