Global study finds pandemic exacerbates inequities for trans people
A new global study has found the coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on transgender people’s mental health and economic stability.
The study by a team of seven researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University Center for Public Health and Human Rights found 77 percent of respondents expected a decrease in income. And more than half of them reported losing gender-affirming resources; including surgery delays, inability to purchase beauty products and other factors.
The study is one of the first of its kind to analyze the intersections of economy, mental health and gender-affirming care for trans people.