Parenting, Mental Health and Transgender Youth: Practices and Perspectives in India

Ghosh, Doyel; Roy, Prasanta Kumar

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“…Participants were forced to live in their parental homes with instances of transphobic discrimination and having to come out earlier than expected. Lack of access to in-person peer support, safe spaces and conflict with parents lead to much mental distress and exacerbation of mental health problems ( 44 , 61 ). Parental support and connectedness play a significant role in the mental health of transgender youth ( 62 , 63 ).…”

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“…Challenges with employment and livelihood, such as restrictions to continue badhaai and sex work that require physical interaction had a particular impact on mental health of transgender persons ( 44 , 47 , 61 , 65 ). This is related to the increased uncertainty and precarity around employment among transgender persons, which predates the pandemic but was further worsened by the pandemic ( 5 , 46 , 63 , 64 ).…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of transgender persons in India: Findings from an exploratory qualitative study

Raghuram

Parakh

Chidambaranathan

et al. 2023

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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IntroductionTransgender persons in India, who are one of the most vulnerable groups, were particularly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased risk of COVID-19, challenges with continuing livelihood, uncertainty, and anxiety around the pandemic over pre-existing social discrimination and exclusion pose risk of a mental health impact as well. To investigate this further, this component of a larger study on experiences in healthcare of transgender persons in India during COVID-19 and looks into the question “How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the mental health of transgender persons in India”.Methods22 In-depth interviews (IDI) and 6 focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted virtually and in-person with persons self-identifying as transgender or belonging to ethnocultural transgender communities from different parts of India. Community based participatory research approach was used by ensuring representation from the community in the research team and through a series of consultative workshops. Purposive sampling with snowballing was used. The IDIs and FGDs were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis.ResultsMental health of transgender persons were affected in the following ways. Firstly, COVID-19, its associated fear and suffering combined with pre-existing inaccessibility of healthcare and reduced access to mental health care affected their mental health. Secondly, unique social support needs of transgender persons were disrupted by pandemic linked restrictions. Thirdly, pre-existing vulnerabilities such as precarious employment and underlying stigma were exacerbated. Finally, gender dysphoria was a key mediating factor in the impact of COVID-19 on mental health with a negative and positive impact.ConclusionsThe study reiterates the need to make systemic changes to make mental healthcare and general healthcare services trans-inclusive while also recognizing the essential nature of gender affirmative services and the need to continue them even during emergencies and disaster situations. While this brings out how public health emergencies can exacerbate vulnerabilities, it also shows how the lived mental health experience of transgender person is intricately linked to the way work, travel and housing is structured in our society and therefore points to the structural nature of the linkage between mental health and gender.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of transgender persons in India: Findings from an exploratory qualitative study

Raghuram

Parakh

Chidambaranathan

et al. 2023

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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“…Research to date in this area has two key limitations: the marked geographical bias toward North America and the lack of diversity in participants, who are overwhelmingly white middle-class mothers. The geographical range of this research is now widening, with studies appearing in the past couple of years from Israel (Nadan, 2021 ; Tsfati, 2021 ), Italy (Frigerio et al., 2021 ), Japan (Ishii, 2018 ), Australia (Riggs & Bartholomaeus, 2018 ); Spain (Platero, 2014 ), Brazil (Seibel et al., 2018 ), Ireland (Neary, 2019 ), and India (Ghosh & Roy, 2022 ). While this geographical expansion is welcome, the participants largely remain middle-class mothers from majority ethnic groups.…”

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Intersectional perspectives of parents of transgender children in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

de Bres,

Morrison-Young

2024

International Journal of Transgender Health

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Introduction This article explores the intersectional perspectives of parents of transgender children in Aotearoa (New Zealand). The substantial body of research on parent experiences in this area has largely focused on parents who are white North American middle-class cisgender women. We seek to extend this research by taking an intersectional approach and examining the perspectives of a group of participants of different genders, sexual orientations, and cultural backgrounds. Methods We asked 20 participants in Aotearoa who self-identified as gender-affirming parents to draw their experience of parenting a transgender child and discuss this with us in interview. Results The research resulted in rich visual and verbal depictions of gender-affirming parenting, drawing from the intersectional perspectives of Māori, Pākehā, Pacific, Asian, queer, straight, female, male and non-binary parents. Using visual and verbal discourse analysis, we explore how the participants constructed their experience from their uniquely situated perspectives, both specific and multilayered. Conclusion We argue that the parents’ perspectives reveal both challenges and strengths, reflecting the burdens of intersectional oppression, while also fostering the parents’ capacity for engaging in discursive resistance to advance their children’s interests.

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Parenting, Mental Health and Transgender Youth: Practices and Perspectives in India

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of transgender persons in India: Findings from an exploratory qualitative study

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of transgender persons in India: Findings from an exploratory qualitative study

Intersectional perspectives of parents of transgender children in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

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