- Transgender adults may be more likely to have unhealthy habits and medical issues that negatively impact their quality of life than people whose gender identity matches what it says on their birth certificates, a U.S. study suggests.
"The U.S. has made a lot of progress over the last several years toward acceptance and celebration of natural human diversity in gender identity and expression," study author Kellan Baker said by email. But between 2014 and 2017 - the period when the survey was done - attitudes shifted and treatment of transgender often got worse, said Baker, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
Overall, about 19 percent of transgender respondents were current smokers, compared with roughly 16 percent of cisgender people. Transgender adults also reported more days in the previous month when they felt physically and mentally unhealthy or felt unable to do all of their usual daily activities. Cai attributes the higher risks for poor health in trans people to"multiple levels of transgender-specific stigmas."
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