Psychological Attempts to Change a Person's Gender Identity From Transgender to Cisgender: Estimated Prevalence Across US States, 2015

To examine exposure to psychological attempts to change a person's gender identity from transgender to cisgender (PACGI) among transgender people in the United States, lifetime and between the years 2010 and 2015, by US state. We obtained data from the 2015 US Transgender Survey, a cross-sectio...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2019-10, Vol.109 (10), p.1452-1454
Main Authors: Turban, Jack L, King, Dana, Reisner, Sari L, Keuroghlian, Alex S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
AJPH Open-Themed Research
Bans
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Cisgender
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data analysis
Demographics
Equality
Estimates
Exposure
Gays & lesbians
Gender aspects
Gender dysphoria
Gender identity
Governors
Heterosexuality
Humans
Legislation
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons
LGBTQ rights
Lifetime
Mental disorders
Mental health
Psychological Techniques - statistics & numerical data
Public health
School districts
Self report
Sexual orientation
States
Suicides & suicide attempts
Transgender persons
Transgender Persons - psychology
Transgender Persons - statistics & numerical data
Transsexualism - psychology
Transsexualism - therapy
United States - epidemiology
Urban schools
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Summary:To examine exposure to psychological attempts to change a person's gender identity from transgender to cisgender (PACGI) among transgender people in the United States, lifetime and between the years 2010 and 2015, by US state. We obtained data from the 2015 US Transgender Survey, a cross-sectional nonprobability sample of 27 716 transgender people in the United States, to estimate the percentage exposed to PACGI in each US state. Overall, 13.5% of the sample indicated lifetime exposure to PACGI, ranging across all US states from 9.4% (South Carolina) to 25.0% (Wyoming). The percentage of transgender adults in the United States reporting exposure to PACGI between 2010 and 2015 was 5% overall, and across all states ranged from 1.2% (Alaska) to 16.3% (South Dakota). Despite major medical organizations identifying PACGI as ineffective and unethical, 13.5% of transgender people in the United States reported lifetime exposure to this practice. Findings suggest that this practice has continued in every US state as recently as the period 2010 to 2015.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305237