Author/Year	Title	Journal	Country	Setting	Participant group	Participants	Qualitative methods	Data collection method
1	Algars et al., 2012	Disordered eating and gender identity disorder: a qualitative study	Eating disorders	Finland	Support organisations	Transgender and undergoing gender reassignment (16 with diagnosis of GID)	20	Grounded theory	One-to-one interview
2	Applegarth & Nuttall, 2016	The lived experience of transgender people of talking therapies	International Journal of Transgenderism	UK	Community support groups and online	Transgender participants including non-binary people	6	IPA	One-to-one interview
3	Bailey et al., 2014	Suicide risk in the UK Trans population and the role of gender transition in decreasing suicidal ideation and suicide attempt	Mental Health Review Journal	UK	Support organisations and services and online	Transgender	889	Narrative analysis	Self-report survey
4	Budge et al., 2013	Transgender emotional and coping processes: facilitative and avoidant coping throughout gender transitioning	The Counselling Psychologist	USA	LGBT community centres	Transgender participants including non-binary people	18	Grounded Theory	One-to-one interview face-to-face
5	Charter et al., 2018	The transgender parent: experiences and constructions of pregnancy and parenthood for transgender men in Australia	International Journal of Transgenderism	Australia	Community support groups and online	Transgender men	25	Thematic analysis	One-to-one telephone interview
6	Ellis et al., 2015	Conception, pregnancy and birth experiences of male and gender variant gestational parents: it's how we could have a family	Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health	USA	Health care and social services plus snowballing	Transgender and non-binary (assigned female at birth)	8	Grounded Theory	One-to-one interview via online video call
7	Ganju & Saggurti, 2017	Stigma, violence and HIV vulnerability among transgender persons in sex work in Maharashtra, India	Culture, Health & Sexuality	India	Health providers, NGOs and snowballing	Transgender (hijra)	68	Thematic analysis	One-to-one interview face-to-face
8	Giovanardi et al., 2019	Transition memories: experiences of trans adult women with hormone therapy and their beliefs on the usage of hormone blockers to suppress puberty	Journal of Endocrinological Investigation	Italy	Gender clinic	Transgender women	10	Consensual Qualitative Research	One-to-one interview face-to-face
9	Goldberg et al., 2019	Health care experiences of transgender binary and nonbinary university students	The Counselling Psychologist	USA	Support organisations and services and online	Transgender, GNC, gender questioning, genderqueer, nonbinary, agender	430	Thematic analysis	Self-report survey
10	Goodrich, 2012	Lived experiences of college-age transsexual individuals	Journal of College Counselling	USA	Support organisations and services and online	Transsexuals	4	Grounded Theory	One-to-one interview (phone and face-to-face)
11	Levy and Lo, 2013	Transgender, transsexual, and gender queer individuals with a Christian upbringing: the process of resolving conflict between gender identity and faith	Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought	USA	Support organisations and online	Transgender, transsexual and gender queer	5	Grounded Theory	One-to-one interview face-to-face
12	MacDonald et al., 2016	Transmasculine individuals' experiences with lactation, chestfeeding, and gender identity: a qualitative study	BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	North America, Europe & Australia	Online recruitment	Transmasculine individuals	22	Interpretive description methodology	One-to-one interview on skype or telephone
13	Mullen & Moane, 2013	A qualitative exploration of transgender identity affirmation at the personal, interpersonal, and sociocultural levels	International Journal of Transgenderism	Ireland	Support organisations	Transgender	7	Thematic analysis	One-to-one interview face-to-face
14	Peitzmeier et al., 2017	"It Can promote an existential crisis": factors influencing pap test acceptability and utilization among transmasculine individuals	Qualitative Health Research	USA	Support organisation, health services and online	Transmasculine individuals	32	Grounded Theory	One-to-one interview face-to-face
15	Rood et al., 2017	Identity concealment in transgender adults: a qualitative assessment of minority stress and gender affirmation	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	USA	Online recruitment	Transgender; Non-cisgender/other	30	Consensual Qualitative Research	One-to-one interview on skype
16	Rood et al., 2017	Internalized transphobia: exploring perceptions of social messages in transgender and gender nonconforming adults	International Journal of Transgenderism	USA	Online recruitment	Transgender; Non-cisgender/other	30	Consensual Qualitative Research	One-to-one interview on skype
17	Rood et al., 2016	Expecting rejection: understanding the minority stress experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming individuals	Transgender Health	USA	Online recruitment	Transgender; Non-cisgender/other	30	Consensual Qualitative Research	One-to-one interview on skype
18	Scandurra et al., 2019	A qualitative study on minority stress subjectively experienced by transgender and gender nonconforming people in Italy	Sexologies	Italy	Personal contacts/ snowballing	Transgender and genderqueer	8	Thematic analysis	Semi-structured focus group
19	Schrock et al., 2009	Emotion work in the public performances of male-to-female transsexuals	Archives of Sexual Behaviour	USA	Support organisations	MtF transsexuals (Transgender women)	9	Inductive analysis	One-to-one interview face-to-face
20	Smith et al., 2018	Determinants of transgender individuals' well-being, mental health and suicidality in a rural state	Rural Mental Health	USA	Support organisations and services and online	Transgender, non-binary and Two-Spirit	30	Community Based Participatory Research	One-to-one interview