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Abstract
We examined the frequency and predictors of suicide attempts among gender minority individuals (N = 153) who were recruited at a transgender conference. Eighteen percent of the participants reported a past suicide attempt, with trans men reporting the highest rate of suicide attempts (41%), followed by trans women (20%). Factors associated with having a past suicide attempt included female sex assigned at birth, psychiatric hospitalisations, and having experienced transgender-related violence. Implications of these data are considered in the context of intervention development for this at-risk group.
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1. Transgender or trans are umbrella terms that refer to individuals whose psychological perception of their gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. Transgender individuals include cross-dressers, transsexuals, and bigender individuals, among others. It is important to note that in most cases, a transgender identity is separate from sexual orientation. Individuals’ gender identity and sexual orientation are two continua that should be evaluated independently.
2. Transgender participants were divided into four main groups (see ‘Methods’). Eleven people were excluded from this analysis because the group they identified was too small to examine separately.