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Table 11 Barriers to help seeking for gender identities and sexual orientations

From: Mental health help seeking patterns and associations among Australian same sex attracted women, trans and gender diverse people: a survey-based study

 

Discrimination/judgement

Lack LGBTIQ sensitivity

Lack of readiness

Self-reliance

Confidentiality

None of these

 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Gender Identity

            

 Female, n = 1390

896

64.5

710

51.1

550

39.6

604

43.5

321

23.1

123

8.8

 Trans female, n = 84

60

71.4

32

38.1

38

45.2

27

32.1

32

38.1

8

9.5

 Other, n = 162

128

79.0

95

58.6

81

50.0

78

48.1

59

36.4

5

3.1

Sexual Orientation

            

 Lesbian, n = 848

536

63.2

421

49.6

298

35.1

347

40.9

197

23.2

93

11.0

 Queer, n = 234

179

76.5

144

61.5

111

47.4

106

45.3

65

27.8

10

4.3

 Bisexual, n = 287

188

65.5

143

49.8

136

47.4

150

52.3

74

25.8

20

7.0

 Pansexual, n = 149

113

75.8

92

61.7

71

47.7

66

44.3

43

28.9

5

3.4

 Other, n = 106

69

65.1

38

35.8

53

50.0

40

37.7

33

31.1

8

7.5

  1. Note: Discrimination/judgement includes concerns about being judged, fear of discrimination, prior experiences of discrimination and experiences of heterosexism. Lack of LGBTI sensitivity includes experiences of excessive focus on LGBTI status when not relevant and concerns that service providers will not be LGBTI knowledgeable and skilled