User:Kendall16C/Transmisogyny

Transmisogyny and mental health amongst youth
Negative attitudes and aggression that cisgender people hold towards transgender people can lead to microaggressions and discrimination. When a trans individual encounters these microaggressions and discrimination, it can harm their mental and physical health. Research has shown a significant amount of differences in mental health concerns amongst trans, gender diverse, and gender nonconforming children compared to other cisgender youth. For example, mental health conditions among trans youth are nearly ten times higher than their cisgender peers. Gender-based discrimination and aggression have lead to an increase in suicide and suicide attempts among trans youth. These adverse outcomes do not just arise from their peers, but the discrimination is also a systemic problem, such as school bathroom policies and denied access to hormones. Continued subjection to inequity and prejudice creates an unsafe social environment for transgender people.