The present study aims to
provide an overview of experiences of discrimination, harassment, and violence
in a sample of Italian transsexuals who have undergone sex-reassignment surgery
(SRS). Lack of support for gender transition from family members was also
assessed, before and after SRS.
Data were collected in the context of a
multicentric study (Milan, Florence, and Bari) on SRS outcome. Patients who
underwent SRS were contacted and asked to fill out a questionnaire concerning
experiences of discrimination, harassment, violence, and crime they might have
experienced in previous years.
Seventy-two participants took part in the
research: 46 were male-to-female (MtF; 64%) and 26 were female-to-male (FtM;
36%). Thirty-six percent of the total sample (with no differences between MtF
and FtM) experienced at least one episode of harassment, violence, or
discrimination.
The workplace was reported to be the social area with the
highest risk of discrimination and harassment (22% of participants). Reports of
more than one incident of discrimination, harassment, and violence
characterized the majority of participants in the MtF sample.
Compared with
previous studies carried out in other countries, a much larger proportion of
participants could count on a supportive family environment before and after
transition.
Our results show that Italian society at large is prejudiced
against transsexuals, but at a more "micro" level, having a trans
person as a family member might result in a protective and tolerant attitude.
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By:
- 1University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Associazione Italiana Sessuologia e Psicologia Applicata, Milan, Italy Ospedale Niguarda-Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy antonio.prunas@unimib.it.
- 2Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
- 3University of Bari, Italy.
- 4Ospedale Niguarda-Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
- J Interpers Violence. 2016 Jan 12. pii: 0886260515624233
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