The impact of online social support amongst the transgender community

Irene109

Hi guys,

My name is Irene Greene and I’m an Applied Psychology student at University College Cork. For my final year project I’m conducting research into the effect online support has on the well-being of transgender individuals. There has been very little previous research carried out in this area and hopefully this study will lead to a better understanding of the impact of social support on the general well-being of members of the transgender community. I have a survey which should only take approx. 15 minutes to complete and I would be really grateful if any of you could take the time to fill it out. The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2SGFG5

Thanks!

Annasopra

Irene

We get quite a lot of requests on here to fill out surveys so we do have a rule in our charter that people should request permission from a moderator first. On this occasion it's ok, I'm not going to be overly harsh but I'd suggest if you are joining other sites to contact site owners or moderators to ask permission. LGBT discussion sites can get a lot of requests for research and it can be irritating.

I'd suggest contacting TENI, LGBT Diversity, Belongto to ask if they could forward it on - also sites like gaycork.com, queerid.com and angrypotato.net could be helpful as well.

Irene109

mango salsa,

I'm very sorry, I didn't realise that. Thanks very much for the advice!

L.Jenkins

I did the survey and its the exact same as the previous survey carried out with a few different questions. I would that online support has helped me alot though compared to the real world.

deirdre_dub

I'm curious as to why the survey asks for "assigned sex at birth", and why it doesn't actually ask for gender identity as such.

Azure_sky

Not a good idea to lump transsexuals with transvestites/cross dressers for a scientific survey. Two totally different conditions.

Shakti

I cant see how a lot of those questions would give you any indication on the 'impact of online support on the transgender community' rather they seem to atempt to pathologise the transgender community even further.
So in an effort not to be difficult my answer is simply 'Yes online support has helped me' probably more because of the complete lack of support anywhere else from anyone although the good works of 'TENI', notable health professionals and individuals notwithstanding.

Irene109

ItsThatManAgain wrote: »

I did the survey and its the exact same as the previous survey carried out with a few different questions. I would that online support has helped me alot though compared to the real world.

Most of the questions used come from previously standardised tests, so the survey you previously completed probably used many of the same tests, which would explain the similarity.

Irene109

deirdre_dub wrote: »

I'm curious as to why the survey asks for "assigned sex at birth", and why it doesn't actually ask for gender identity as such.

The reason for used "assigned sex at birth" is due to the grey areas sometimes between peoples understanding of the of the terms 'gender' and 'sex'. By asking assigned birth sex, we know whether we're looking at information from people who are biologically male or female, and it helps to avoid confusion when analysing the data.

deirdre_dub

Irene109 wrote: »

By asking assigned birth sex, we know whether we're looking at information from people who are biologically male or female,

Not necessarily. :rolleyes: For one thing, there aren't just two biological genders.

You obviously don't understand the subject you are trying to research.

In any case, what damn relevance is a persons so-called "biological" gender? You doctors really need to take your gaze away from people's genitals and start looking at the person. :mad:

baby and crumble

Please keep personal comments about the OP's understanding of her subject out of the thread. She is, after all, a Masters level student seeking to learn. If you have something to inform her about please do so in a calm, rational manner via PM.

Less of the aggression.