@article{ref1,
title="Interpersonal violence and passing: results from a Brazilian trans-specific cross-sectional study",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2021",
author="Peixoto, Eduardo Mesquita and de Azevedo Oliveira Knupp, Virginia Maria and Soares, Jeisilaine Resende Teixeira and Depret, Davi Gomes and de Oliveira Souza, Cleo and Messina, Maria Eduarda Dantas and de Mello Andrade, Lívia Machado and de Melo, Luciana Catarina Santos and de Figueiredo Bezerra, Damiana and de Castro, Cristiane Regina Viníssius and da Silva, Laylla Monteiro Tavares and Fernandes, Biancka and Jalil, Emilia Moreira and Friedman, Ruth Khalili and de Moura Silva, Cláudia and Filho, Edson José Abas and Grinsztejn, Beatriz Gilda Jegerhorn and Moreira, Ronaldo Ismério and de Mattos Rafael Russo, Ricardo and de Souza Velasque, Luciane",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Trans women are specifically vulnerable to interpersonal violence. Being perceived as the gender that a transgender person identifies with, defined in some contexts as passing, may influence violence ratings. The EVAS (Violence and Health Self-Evaluation) study was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 121 trans women between 2019 and 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aiming to investigate the association between self-reported passing and different types of interpersonal violence. We enrolled 121 participants who had a median age of 36.3 (interquartile range [IQR] 13.7). Most of them were Black/mixed (78.5%) and had at least a high school education (63%). Most participants considered themselves as trans women (71.9%). Their median monthly income was $252.50 (IQR $302.50). Only 40 (33.1%) trans women had a main partner. Trans women with high passing had a higher prevalence of family violence and lower prevalence of observed police violence, violence in open and closed public spaces. Participants that reported a high passing had higher prevalence of family violence (p =.016); moreover, they reported observing less frequently police violence in the neighborhood they lived in for the last 12 months (p =.012) as well as having lower rates of suffering violence. Trans women who reported high passing had 81% (56%-92%) lower chance of suffering violence in open public places more than once, while prior racism experience had a positive association with violence in an open public place (aOR = 3.93, 95% CI [.48, 15.40]). Passing seems to protect from violence in public spaces, whilst it increases family violence. Data also suggest that observing police violence and violence in close public spaces. There is an urgent need to better understand the complex relationships around violence and foster its prevention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/08862605211005152",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605211005152"
}