• • • • • • Out from 100 respondents, only 53 respondents comfortable to disclose their gender identity and sexual orientation to the medical health professional. Respondents states that most of the time health care professionals, including doctors, nurses, and staff used name as per identification card (IC) when calling their name. 19 percent of respondents responded that they had voluntary sought help from mental professional and 18 to religious authority, while, 15 percent of the respondents were forced to see mental health professional and 9 percent of the respondents were forced to consult religious authority. It was quite worrying that 17 trans women, 14 trans women and both intersex persons experienced suicidal ideation. The act of self-harm among the respondents were also evidenced, in which involved 10 trans women, 8 trans women and both intersex persons. 23 respondents shared that they had attempted suicide. There are only 27 of 86 respondents received medical advice from the healthcare professional at hospitals or clinics on hormone. Among reasons that respondents had not subscribed to insurance was because it does not cover trans specific health care needs, financial problem and concerns about disclosing their gender identity. d. Right to Housing • 25 respondents (23 trans women, one trans man and intersex persons respectively) shared that they had been denied room or house due to their gender identity, gender expression, and/or sexual orientation. • 7 trans women stated that they had to pay higher rent because of their gender identity. • 10 of the respondents shared that they had experienced difficulties to apply for public housing due to their gender identity. • 31 respondents shared that they experienced violence from their neighbours or people in their neighbourhood because of their gender identity and gender expression. e. Right to Dignity • 93 respondents shared that they experienced violence because of their gender identity and gender expression. The type of violence includes physical violence, verbal violence, emotional violence and sexual violence and by different actors including authorities, family members, intimate partners and members of the public. • Violence experienced by respondents were mostly from the members of public, often verbal. • There were 48 respondents in the study who shared that they had been arbitrarily questioned/stopped because of their gender identity and gender expression by the authorities. Report On Transgender Persons In KL And Selangor | 5