Table 2.

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Minority Stressors Among Young Transgender Women (n = 187)

IPV and minority stressors	n	%
IPV
Ever experienced at least one incident of IPV	78	42
A partner controlled most or all of their daily activities	53	28
A partner repeatedly put them down, embarrassed them in front of other people, or made them feel bad about themselves because of their gender identity	41	22
A partner made them scared for their physical safety because of anger or threats	37	20
A partner forced or made them do something sexual that they did not want to do	30	16
A partner made them do something that did not agree with their gender identification	33	18
Transgender-related victimization
Ever experienced at least one incident of victimization (because they are or were thought to be transgender)	140	75
Verbal insults	119	64
Threats of physical violence	80	43
Had objects thrown at them	43	23
Were punched, kicked, or beaten	39	21
Threatened with a weapon	37	20
Attacked sexually	32	17
Had someone threaten to tell someone else they were transgender	48	26
Chased or followed	56	30
Had property damaged	33	18
Spit at	24	13
Day-to-day unfair treatment and discrimination
Ever experienced one form of discrimination	159	85
Experienced all nine forms of discrimination	82	44

IPV, intimate partner violence.