Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations

• Main Authors: Arjee Restar (Author), Harry Jin (Author), Aaron Breslow (Author), Sari L. Reisner (Author), Matthew Mimiaga (Author), Sean Cahill (Author), Jaclyn M.W. Hughto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In recent years, Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) joined a growing list of states allowing residents to easily change the gender marker and name on government-identification (ID) documents. This was an important change for transgender and gender diverse (trans) residents, who fac...