Do trans-women who are abused suffer consequences for a lifetime?

Abuse is no joke among trans-women and their partners.  Indeed, organizations like The Network La Red started partially because this kind of abuse, though not talked about, is a real.   One research who has done work in this area is Mona Rae Mason.   Our long-suffering readers might remember our previous posts on Ms. Mason here at Beck’s Cafe regarding her work on The Transgender Project.  Part of what came out of that work were two research papers and Ms. Mason has been kind enough to let us publish them here at Beck’s Cafe.  The first is “”Psychiatric Impact of Gender-Related Abuse Across the Life Course of Male-to-Female Transgender Person”

In this paper, the author’s cover:

The psychiatric impact of interpersonal abuse associated with an atypical presentation of gender was examined across the life course of 571 male-to-female (MTF) transgender persons from the New York City Metropolitan Area. Gender-related abuse (psychological and physical), suicidality, and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text revision) major depression were retrospectively measured across ?ve stages of the life course using the Life Chart Interview. Among younger respondents (current age of 19–39), the impact of both types of abuse on major depression was extremely strong during adolescence and then markedly declined during later stages of life. Among older respondents (current age of 40–59), the impact of both types of abuse on major depression was strong during adolescence and then marginally declined during later stages of life. The effects of both types of abuse on suicidality were weaker but more consistently observed across the life course among both the younger and older respondents. Gender-related abuse is a major mental health problem among MTF transgender persons, particularly during adolescence. As these individuals mature, however, the consequences of this abuse appear less severe, which may represent the development of moderately effective mechanisms for coping with this abuse

You can download the full study by clicking to this link here at Beck’s Cafe, “Psychiatric Impact of Gender-Related Abuse Across the Life Course of Male-to-Female Transgender Persons“.