[Correspondence] Trans people and the myth of homogeneous societies

In their Comment, Arjee Restar and Sari Reisner (Oct 28, 2017, p 1933)1 briefly hint at the diversity in health risk within the transgender (trans) community but then fail to take their recommendations further. For example, among the 60 million refugees worldwide, trans people are particularly at risk of violence and discrimination.2 Yet discrimination based on gender identity and migration status are usually treated separately, as the Comment's omission illustrates.1 Many trans people experience discrimination on multiple grounds, such as refugee status, socioeconomic position, age, and physical and cognative ability, in addition to gender identity, leading to possibly even more negative health consequences than in non-trans people.

Source: LANCET - February 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Oliver Razum, Yudit Namer Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research