Qualitative evaluation of family problems of trans people before and after surgery

Each person's gender is an important part of his / her identity and contains the image that each person has of himself / herself as a man or a woman. The aim of this study was to qualitatively evaluate the family problems of trans people before and after surgery.

The method of this study was qualitative and by a psychologist with semi-structured interview tools. The statistical population of the study included all men and women who were identified as trans through the supervised institutions such as universities of medical sciences، welfare and the Red Crescent. Statistical sample was selected by purposive sampling method and questionnaires were distributed among them. In order to analyze qualitative data and extract the desired categories from it، Klaizi method was used.

The results showed that trans family problems before surgery included family opposition with physical and psychological harm، family rejection, deprivation of rights، negative family thinking about surgery and their family problems after surgery. It included the family not accepting a new identity and leaving home.

Therefore, it can be concluded that the prevailing cultural، social، political and economic perspectives in the family and lack of proper recognition of sexual identity disorder cause many problems for people with this disorder.