Stigma and Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM): A Review

Abstract

The review talks about Stigma either being external-comprising of genuine encounters of dismissal and discrimination (enacted stigma) and, as a result of these, internal (depreciation of identity, in light of gender identity or sexual orientation), for example, seen dismissal and assumptions for being generalized or victimized (felt stigma) and concealing minority status and character because of a paranoid fear of harm (concealment). Social help, self-acknowledgment, and integration of minority character can improve minority stress. Individual’s resilience factors help in dealing or coping with the stigma and discrimination that they have to face on an everyday basis. Furthermore, the current review suggests a resilience model based on TRIM, an extension of Minority Stress Model (MSM), with the purpose of supporting psychologist in developing comprehensive resilience models.