The Experiences of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men: Exploratory Research Design

Completed

• Conditions: Transgender Persons; Sexual Health

• Registration Number: NCT05187442
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University

Brief Summary

Transgender male (TM) is the minority and difficult to reach-up group. Therefore, there is a lack of research on private issues involving TM, such as sex, eroticism, and sexual risk behavior. This study focuses on TM as the research participant, based on Milton Mayeroff's caring theory, to understand the TM's erotic culture and the sexual risks behavior, to evaluate the need for subsequent sexual health care. The research method is a mixed methods research of explanatory design, which recruits participants through purposive sampling and respondent-driven sample (RDS) methods. The first stage is an online questionnaire survey. A total of 321 TMs were recruited. The time of online questionnaire is about 10-15 minutes to get a preliminary understanding of the erotic and sexual risk experience of TM in Taiwan. In the second stage, focus groups and in-depth interviews will be conducted, 2 hours of each group and interview. A total of 29 transgender man and women, and non-binary participants were recruited. The recruitment will be stop when the data are saturated. The analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data can get an in-depth understanding of sex, eroticism, and sexual risk, and violence experiences of the participants. The research results are important for improving the awareness and identification of sexual risk and the assessment of sexual health care needs of TM in health care profession. The results also serve as a reference guide for the development of care needs on sexual health care and anti-violence of transgender people, and for the implement of a gender-friendly environment for medical care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-11
• Study Start: 2022-01-12
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-30
• Study Completion: 2023-07-31
• Results First Submitted: 2024-07-15
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Results First Submitted QC: 2025-07-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-21
• Results First Posted: 2025-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

1. People who used to or currently self-identified as transgender men, regardless of whether they have sex reassignment surgery.
2. Be over 20 years old.
3. Citizen and live in Taiwan.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not self-identify as transgender men
2. Younger than 20 years old
3. Not citizen and not live in Taiwan.

Second stage

1. People who used to or currently self-identified as transgender men, transgender woman or non-binary, regardless of whether they have gender-affirming surgery.
2. Be over 20 years old.
3. Citizen and live in Taiwan.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Not self-identify as transgender men, transgender woman or non-binary.
2. Younger than 20 years old
3. Not citizen and not live in Taiwan.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men(Demographic Data, Transgender Affirmation Questionnaire)	At time of entry into study	After signing the online consent form, fill out the demographic information form and transgender affirmation questionnaire on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage)
Ages of Transgender Men	At time of entry into study	After signing the online consent form, fill out the ages on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage)
Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men (Short Sexual Well Being Scale)	At time of entry into study	After signing the online consent form, fill out the Short Sexual Well Being Scale on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage); Short Sexual Well Being Scale:There are a total of five questions, using a Likert 7 lit table, with scores ranging from 5 (minimum) to 35 (maximum), with the higher the score, the better Sexual Well Being.; 1. I disagree completely, 2. I disagree, 3. I disagree a little, 4. Neutral, 5. I somewhat agree, 6. I agree, 7. I completely agree
Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men (STIs Prevention Questionnaire)	At time of entry into study	After signing the online consent form, fill out the STIs prevention questionnaire on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage)
Violence Experience of Transgender (Experiences of Abuse & Coping Strategies)	months3-6(In the second stage)	In the second stage, focus groups and in-depth interviews will be conducted, 2 hours of each group and interview.; The interview outline was revised based on the questionnaire analysis results, and TMs who met the research requirements were selected from the questionnaire respondents to conduct physical focus groups or in-depth face-to-face or video semi-structured interviews on the theme of violence experience. We also recruited Trans woman and non-binary gender groups to conduct focus groups and in-depth interviews to compare the differences in their experiences of violence.; The data were categorized into two main themes:Experiences of Abuse \& Coping Strategies.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Nursing of National Taiwan University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan