Subjective personal and collective benefits of alcohol use in UK trans and gender diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey.

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Alcohol and alcoholism Pub Date : 2025-11-16 DOI:10.1093/alcalc/agaf075

Dean J Connolly, Joseph Messinezis, Gail Gilchrist, Beth Thayne, Stewart O'Callaghan, Emma Davies

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Aims: This study sought to understand the subjective individual and collective benefits of alcohol use for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people in the UK.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey, co-produced with a TGD community advisory group, was open for responses from 1 February until 31 March 2022. Respondents were UK-based TGD adults who reported current or historical alcohol use. Those included in this sub-sample (n = 295) provided a valid response to one of two open-ended questions (OQ) concerning the subjective benefits of alcohol to TGD individuals (OQ1) and the perceived role of alcohol in UK TGD communities (OQ2). Data from these questions were collated (n = 455 responses) and coded using thematic analysis.

Results: An overarching theme was identified, 'belonging', under which two themes were developed to answer each question. For individuals, alcohol enhanced intimacy and relieved pain, and was described to have a role in bringing the TGD community together and facilitating gender exploration and affirmation.

Conclusion: TGD people experience a range of benefits from using alcohol, attributable to its anxiolytic and analgesic properties. Many respondents felt alcohol had a specific role in their communities, associated with the relative safety of alcohol-serving venues for TGD people.

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在英国跨性别和性别多样化社区中，饮酒的主观个人和集体利益：一项横断面调查。

目的：本研究旨在了解英国跨性别和性别多样化（TGD）人群饮酒的主观、个人和集体利益。方法：与TGD社区咨询小组共同制作的横断面调查于2022年2月1日至3月31日开放回复。受访者是英国的TGD成年人，他们报告了目前或过去的酒精使用情况。该子样本（n = 295）对酒精对TGD个体的主观益处（OQ1）和酒精在英国TGD社区的感知作用（OQ2）这两个开放式问题（OQ）中的一个提供了有效的回答。对这些问题的数据进行整理（n = 455个回答），并使用主题分析进行编码。结果：确定了一个总体主题，“归属”，在此基础上开发了两个主题来回答每个问题。对于个人来说，酒精增强了亲密关系，减轻了痛苦，并被描述为在将TGD社区聚集在一起，促进性别探索和肯定方面发挥了作用。结论：由于酒精的抗焦虑和镇痛特性，TGD患者从使用酒精中获得了一系列益处。许多受访者认为，酒精在他们的社区中具有特定的作用，与为TGD人提供酒精服务的场所的相对安全性有关。

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Alcohol and alcoholism 医学-药物滥用

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4.70

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3.60%

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4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： About the Journal Alcohol and Alcoholism publishes papers on the biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research, provided that they make a new and significant contribution to knowledge in the field. Papers include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental (including clinical) methods of importance to the field of alcohol research and treatment, or new interpretations of existing results. Theoretical contributions are considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work provided that such theoretical contributions are not of a largely speculative or philosophical nature.