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NCT Number: NCT05187442

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Transgender Persons Sexual Health

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

School of Nursing of National Taiwan University

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

First stage:

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Second stage

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire, Interview

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men(Demographic Data, Transgender Affirmation Questionnaire)

    Time frame: 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)

  2. Ages of Transgender Men

    Time frame: 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)

  3. Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men (Short Sexual Well Being Scale)

    Time frame: 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.

    • I disagree completely, 2. I disagree, 3. I disagree a little, 4. Neutral, 5. I somewhat agree, 6. I agree, 7. I completely agree

  4. Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men (STIs Prevention Questionnaire)

    Time frame: 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)

  5. Violence Experience of Transgender (Experiences of Abuse & Coping Strategies)

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University

Other

Collaborators

  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jan 11, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 22, 2025

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