Table 2.

Demographics of the focus group participants.

Group	Characteristic	Descriptive statistics
Transgender community members alone (three groups)
	Number present per group
	n = 2 present	One group
	n = 4 present	Two groups
	Age	Median 24.5 years
	20-24 years old	n = 5
	25-50 years old	n = 3
	50-71 years old	n = 2
	Gender
	Female	n = 3
	Male	n = 1
	Non-binary	n = 6
	Ethnicity
	Asian	n = 3
	White	n = 7
Transgender community ambassadors (at the six groups with teaching staff)
	Number present per group
	n = 2 present	Two groups
	n = 3 present	Four groups
	Age	Median 30.0 years
	20-24 years old	n = 1
	25-50 years old	n = 3
	50-71 years old	n = 1
	Gender
	Female	n = 3
	Male	n = 1
	Non-binary	n = 1
	Ethnicity
	Asian	n = 1
	White	n = 4
	Experience teaching about transgender issues at university
	None	n = 3
	Some	n = 2
Teaching staff (six groups)
	Number present per group
	n = 2 present	One group
	n = 3 present	Three groups
	n = 5 present	One group
	n = 6 present	One group
	Age	Median 47.5 years
	35-44 years old	n = 9
	45-54 years old	n = 8
	55-62 years old	n = 5
	Gender
	Female	n = 18
	Male	n = 4
	Ethnicity
	Pākehā (White) and Māori (the indigenous peoples of Aotearoa/New Zealand)	n = 1
	White	n = 19
	Declined to answer	n = 2
	Main programme taught into
	Clinical psychology programmes	n = 1
	Dentistry programmes	n = 3
	Medicine programmes	n = 9
	Pharmacy programmes	n = 2
	Physiotherapy programmes	n = 3
	Public health programmes	n = 4
	Experience teaching about transgender issues at university
	Limited	n = 19
	Some	n = 3