This is a cis-white dude that has never felt any real discrimination in his life
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flemtone@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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AuroraZzz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
If you had to experience excruciating levels of gender dysphoria, hate and animosity – often coming from your own family –, maybe you would think differently…
It’s not just verbal either, there is a real chance of non-passing trans people getting followed or even beaten up, especially in he evenings/nights. And yes, in the “civilised” west.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I got my dream job offer rescinded two weeks ago BECAUSE I AM TRANS.
I have experienced sexual violence BECAUSE I AM TRANS.
I am terrified of being pulled over by a cop and institutionalized or incarcerated because the government says that my license is wrong now.
The problem is not my mental state. The problem is the discrimination.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Having your right to existence denied/criticised/ridiculed might have something to do with it too
OboTheHobo@ttrpg.network 5 weeks ago
Lower self-reported transphobia was associated with a 66 % reduction in ideation, and an additional 76 % reduction in attempts among those with ideation
…biomedcentral.com/…/s12889-015-1867-2.pdf
An increase by one context in which a chosen name could be used predicted a 5.37-unit decrease in depressive symptoms, a 29% decrease in suicidal ideation, and a 56% decrease in suicidal behavior.
www.jahonline.org/article/…/fulltext#intraref0010…
Socially transitioned transgender children who are supported in their gender identity have developmentally normative levels of depression and only minimal elevations in anxiety, suggesting that psychopathology is not inevitable within this group.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26921285/
So yes. Increased depression and suicide among trans people is, according to the research, entirely correlated with social factors like how much they are accepted by friends/family and chose name use.
crashfrog@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Response study, n=389
Response study, n=128
Response study, n=72
“According to the research” lol
OboTheHobo@ttrpg.network 5 weeks ago
Experiencing certain forms of violence and harassment and having low-moderate social support from any source was associated with higher prevalence of suicidal ideation. Social support from family moderated the association between experiencing certain forms of violence and harassment and suicidal ideation (p interaction = 0.01); however, even in the presence of high family social support, experiencing certain forms of violence and harassment was associated with higher prevalence of suicidal ideation.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7301a7.htm
n = 1608 on this one.
Every study I’ve ever seen that looks at the link between social support and depression/suicidal thoughts in trans people shows a very clear link. Given the prevalence of transphobia in our society, this can entirely explain the increase in suicidal thoughts in trans people.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So what’s the sample size?
Also can you explain why that sample size isn’t valid? Lots of important refrenced studies all over have double digit sample sizes and are acceptable because of the context of the study.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
You can get a pretty good idea with a surprisingly small sample size, as long as your sampling isn’t biased in some way.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Man, you would not handle being a minority.
You know how every day the society you live in DOESN’T tell you it hates you and that it wants you to die?
I get it we usually don’t notice things that don’t happen to us, but cmon -_-
DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
The person who is ridiculed because they are different, disowned from their families because they can’t meet the demands of pretending to be someone they are not, denied the social accommodation that makes their lives comfortable, refused housing because of how they look, denied the health care that helps them feel centered because it creeps out the people who do not have their condition… How can their mind be still?
Trans health is dependent on the people around us the same way your health is dependent on the people around you. Trans joy is as possible as trans suffering. The difference is in other people allowing it to happen.
Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Jeez what do you think causes that inner turmoil