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Jones, BA 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8872-5847, Haycraft, E, Bouman, WP and Arcelus, J,
2019.
Gender congruence and body satisfaction in nonbinary transgender people: a case control study.
International Journal of Transgenderism, 20 (2-3), pp. 263-274.
ISSN 1553-2739
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Abstract
Background: Binary transgender people access gender affirming medical interventions to alleviate gender incongruence and increase body satisfaction. Despite the increase in non-binary transgender people, this population are less likely to access transgender health services compared to binary transgender people. No research has yet explored why by exploring levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction in non-binary transgender people.
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction in non-binary transgender people to controls (binary transgender people and cisgender (non-trans) people).
Method: In total, 526 people from a community sample in the United Kingdom took part in the study (97 non-binary, 91 binary and 338 cisgender identifying people). Participants were asked to complete an online survey about gender congruence and body satisfaction.
Results: There were differences in gender congruence and body satisfaction between non-binary and binary transgender people. On sex specific parts of the body (i.e., chest, genitalia and secondary sex characteristics), non-binary transgender people reported significantly higher levels of gender and body satisfaction compared to binary transgender people. However, there was no difference in congruence and satisfaction with social gender role between the two transgender groups (non-binary and binary). Cisgender people reported significantly higher levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction compared to transgender people (non-binary and binary).
Conclusion: There are differences in gender congruence and body satisfaction between non-binary and binary transgender people. Non-binary individuals may be less likely to access transgender health services due to experiencing less gender incongruence and more body satisfaction compared to binary transgender people. Transgender health services need to be more inclusive of non-binary transgender people and their support and treatment needs, which may differ from those who identify within the binary gender system.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title: | Body congruence in non-binary identifying transgender people: a case control study of binary transgender people and cisgender people [working title] |
| Description: | In issue 2-3: Non-binary and Genderqueer Genders. |
| Publication Title: | International Journal of Transgenderism |
| Creators: | Jones, B.A., Haycraft, E., Bouman, W.P. and Arcelus, J. |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis on behalf of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Number: | 2-3 |
| ISSN: | 1553-2739 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1080/15532739.2018.1538840 DOI |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Jill Tomkinson |
| Date Added: | 16 Jan 2019 15:50 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2020 03:00 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/35583 |
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