Table 3.
Transition reasons
| Natal female N (%) N = 69 |
Natal male N (%) N = 31 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for transition* | ||
| I wanted others to perceive me as the target gender | 53 (76.8%) | 24 (77.4%) |
| I thought transitioning was my only option to feel better | 50 (72.5%) | 21 (67.7%) |
| My body felt wrong to me the way it was | 50 (72.5%) | 21 (67.7%) |
| I didn’t want to be associated with my natal sex/natal gender | 51 (73.9%) | 19 (61.3%) |
| It made me uncomfortable to be perceived romantically/sexually as a member of my natal sex/natal gender | 49 (71.0%) | 18 (58.1%) |
| I thought transitioning would eliminate my gender dysphoria | 43 (62.3%) | 22 (71.0%) |
| I felt I would become my true self | 42 (60.9%) | 22 (71.0%) |
| I identified with the target gender | 40 (58.0%) | 24 (77.4%) |
| I thought transitioning would lessen my gender dysphoria | 45 (65.2%) | 18 (58.1%) |
| I felt I would fit in better with the target gender | 36 (56.5%) | 20 (64.5%) |
| I felt I would be more socially acceptable as a member of the target gender | 38 (55.1%) | 11 (35.5%) |
| I felt I would be treated better if I was perceived as the target gender | 35 (50.7%) | 14 (45.2%) |
| I saw myself as a member of the target gender | 31 (44.9%) | 18 (58.1%) |
| I thought transitioning would reduce gender-related harassment or trauma I was experiencing | 35 (50.7%) | 5 (16.1%) |
| I had erotic reasons for wanting to transition | 9 (13.0) | 12 (38.7%) |
| Other | 9 (13.0%) | 3 (9.7%) |
*May select more than one answer