A study to assess the emotional distress among transgender

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The term transgender typically refers to individuals whose gender identity & or gender expression is not congruent with the sex they were assigned at birth. For some individuals this may mean that they want to transition from one gender to another, while for others it may indicate dissatisfaction with the gender binary as applicable to their identity. These individuals may identify as transgender, gender queer, gender fluid, gender non-conforming, or other related term. The recent estimates suggest that there are at least 490,000 transgender in India. Hence a study aimed to assess the emotional distress among transgender. The objectives of the study are to assess the emotional distress among transgender and to find the association between emotional distresses with selected demographical variable among transgender. Descriptive design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the 100 samples. The demographic variables were assessed by self administered questionnaire and emotional distress was assessed with Robertson emotional distress scale. The data was collected, organized and analyzed in term of descriptive statistics. The study results showed that 49(49%) mild distress, 37(37%) moderate distress & 14(14%) severe emotional distress. The demographic variables such as age, occupation, daily income are found significant. Our results suggest that decreasing gender discrimination/victimization could have a profound impact on emotional distress among transgender individuals. In addition, building social support and increasing awareness of legal protection may promote emotional well-being in this population.

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