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Gender Violence

Transgender Experiences with Violence and Discrimination

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 26 Mar 2002 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Journal of Homosexuality, volume 42, pages 89-101 (issn: 0091-8369, eissn: 1540-3602,

Authors: Dana Priesing; Riki Anne Wilchins; Emilia Lombardi; Diana Malouf;

doi: 10.1300/j082v42n01_05

pmid: 11991568

Gender Violence

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Abstract

There is a pervasive pattern of discrimination and prejudice against transgendered people within society. Both economic discrimination and experiencing violence could be the result of a larger social climate that severely sanctions people for not conforming to society's norms concerning gender; as such, both would be strongly associated with each other. Questionnaires were distributed to people either through events or through volunteers, and made available upon the World Wide Web. A sample of 402 cases was collected over the span of 12 months (April 1996-April 1997). We found that over half the people within this sample experienced some form of harassment or violence within their lifetime, with a quarter experiencing a violent incident. Further investigation found that experiencing economic discrimination because one is transgendered had the strongest association with experiencing a transgender related violent incident. Economic discrimination was related to transgendered people's experience with violence. Therefore, both hate crimes legislation and employment protections are needed for transgendered individuals.

Related Organizations

University of Chicago
United States
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
United States

Keywords

Adult, Male, Adolescent, Incidence, Gender Identity, Middle Aged, Violence, Risk Assessment, United States, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Female, Prejudice, Transsexualism

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