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Table 3.

Effect of COVID-19 on social connectedness with whom the participant is in a gender-affirming, supportive relationship

	Change with the pandemic n (%)
Any family member (n = 40)^*	Less/None 34 (85) More 8 (20)
Friends (n = 46)^*	Less/None 28 (60.9) More 18 (39.1)
Friends from the SGM community (n = 36)^*	Less /None 26 (72.2) More 12 (33.3)
Partner (n = 23)^*	Less/None 10 (43.5) More 13 (56.5)

SGM = sexual orientation or gender minority.

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Participants who report the presence of this kind of relationship before the pandemic.