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List of Potential Copy Edit pages:

 * Human Trafficking in New York
 * Unnao rape case
 * SOGIE Equality Bill

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Transgender individuals may experience distress and sadness as a result of their gender identity being inconsistent with their biological sex. This distress is referred to as gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is typically most upsetting for the individual prior to transitioning, and once the individual begins to transition into their desired gender, whether the transition be socially, medically, or both, the distress frequently lessens.

Those who are transgender are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety disorders or depression than the general population. This is also the case for non-binary individuals. A number of studies suggest that the inflated rates of depression and anxiety in transgender individuals may partially be because of systematic discrimination or a lack of support. Evidence suggests that these increased rates begin to normalize when transgender individuals are accepted as their identified gender and when they live within a supportive household.

Many studies can attest to the extremely high rates of suicide within the transgender community; A United States study of 6,450 transgender individuals found that 41% of them had attempted suicide, as differing from the national average of 4.6%. The very same survey found that these rates were the most high for certain demographics, with transgender youth between the ages of 18 and 24 having the highest percent. Individuals in the survey who were multiracial, had lower levels of education, and those with a lower annual income were all more likely to have attempted. Specifically, transgender males as a group are the most like to attempt suicide than transgender females, with more recent surveys suggesting that the rate of suicidal attempts for non-binary individuals is in between the two.

Citations and what they say:
Individuals with gender dysphoria experience more psychological issues than the normal population, although once a person begins medically transitioning, these rates begin to normalize.

Transgender youth shown to have a higher rate of depression, suicide, self harm, and eating disorders. Rates improve with social and medical transitioning.

Individuals with gender dysphoria were more likely to possess symptoms of anxiety disorders and mood disorders, while also being more likely to be suicidal.

Transgender individuals were far more likely to possess traits symptomatic of anxiety disorders. Transgender women on hormones had fewer symptoms of anxiety.

ASD and GD often correlate, although there is no scientific consensus for why this is.

LGBT youth who receive family support report a decrease in psychological stress.

Helping transgender youth cope with discrimination promotes better mental health and fewer suicidal thoughts.

Non-binary transgender individuals exhibit more severe symptoms of anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.

Transgender youth are statistically more likely to also have an eating disorder

Transgender youth were more likely to report poor weight management habits symptomatic of eating disorders, such as binging and purging,

Transcript of my post to Talk:Transgender health care
Greetings Wikipedians! After reviewing the page, I've gather necessary sources to make an addition to the section regarding mental health. Specifically, these additions will be about the following:


 * General mental health quality of the transgender population.
 * Anxiety and Mood Disorders in transgender individuals, (This addition will be an improvement on what's mentioned)
 * Autism Spectrum Disorders and their occurrences in transgender individuals.
 * Eating disorders in transgender individuals.
 * Mental health relative to support received from loved ones.
 * Difficulties and Improvements in psychiatric counseling for transgender individuals.

I will be drafting and building upon this addition within my sandbox. Those wishing to review my work is invited to visit my sandbox and to engage me within the sandbox's talk page. Currently the talk page is full of sources on the topic at hand, of which I will be narrowing soon. --Trueradical (talk) 01:53, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Sources Sorted by Topic
General review of literature regarding mental health and gender dysphoria.

Anxiety and mood disorders in transgender individuals.

More on Autism Spectrum Disorder and being transgender.

Mental health relative to social support received.

Section on Trans People and Eating disorders, mostly Anorexia Nervosa.