M6S2: Transgender And Non-binary Persons

Question 1

Transgender

Answer 1

-aka trans or TG
-people who psychological self (gender identity) differs from social expectations for the physical sex they assigned at birth
Ex. A biological female with a masculine gender or who identifies as man
-not a sexual orientation as transgender people may have any sexual orientation
-often target of hate, violence, exclusion
Ex. Bruce Jenner who 1976 Olympic medal now Caitlyn Jenner

Question 2

Transgender health

Answer 2

-little research but 2006 study with 392 transgender women and 123 transgender men found

Self esteem
-low-self esteem common across all participants

Depression
-60% of participants were classified as clinically depressed

Suicide
-32% participants report attempting suicide

Health need
-in general, gender minorities have difficulty addressing their trans health needs with health care professionals who are under-prepared and inadequately trained to deal with comprehensive needs of this population

Question 3

Terminology beyond traditional gender binary

Answer 3

-“non-binary” refers to someone who don’t identify within traditional gender binary so neither man or women
-gender fluid
-trigender
-neither man nor women
Two-spirit
-agender
-pangender
-Demi
-gender neutral
-third gender
-man and women
-other gender
-queer
-intergender
-polygender
-androgynous
-questioning
-non-binary
-big enter
Gender-nonconforming

Question 4

Statistics on terminology being used for non-binary

Answer 4

-2021, cumulatively over 1 in 6 non-binary individuals classified their gender as fluid (7.3%)
Agender (5.1%)
Queer (4.1%)
Gender-neutral (2.9%)
Two-spirit (2.2%)
Neither man nor women (1.3%)
Gender-nonconforming (1.1%)

-two-spirit most frequently used in western Canada, particularly Manitoba (4.8%), which has sizeable indigenous population

Question 5

Transgender and non-binary persons in Canada

Answer 5

-for first time in 2021 Canada census included question on gender and precision of “at birth” on sex question
-Canada first country to provide census data on transgender and non-binary individuals
-1 in 300 Canadians aged 15 or older are transgender or non-binary

*refer to goodnotes

Question 6

Mental health differences by gender

Answer 6

-differences in victimization, discrimination, and mental health

Reports of poor or fair mental health
65% transgender or non-binary compared to 11% of cisgender (5 times higher)

Suicide considerations
45% transgender or non-binary compared to 16% of cisgender

Question 7

Mental health during COVID: differences by gender

Answer 7

21% cisgender male reported fair or poor mental health
26% cisgender female
68% non-binary participants

*transgender and non-binary participants who experienced higher levels of social marginalization and economic insecurity before the pandemic may have been particularly affected