Aging Amidst Anti-Trans Legislation: Strategies for Safeguarding the Mental Health of Transgender Older Adults.
This study investigates how transgender older adults manage and protect their mental health amid anti-trans stigma, discrimination, and legislation in the United States. Using semi-structured, individual interviews with 47 transgender older adults, two key strategies emerged: (1) defining transgende...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 115; no. 10; pp. 1616 - 1621 |
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American Public Health Association
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