Table 2 Reasons for discrimination of transgender individuals mentioned by interviewees. The left column names the different reasons, the right column the number of interviewees that mentioned each reason

Internalized trans-hostility and “protection” of cis individuals

N = 10

Lack of knowledge/uncertainties regarding transition

N = 9

“Protection” of a binary worldview

N = 9

Binary worldview in medicine

N = 8

Structural deficits

N = 6

Asymmetric interactions with specialists

N = 5

Current political debate

N = 3

View of transgender individuals as a “burden for society”

N = 3

Objectification

N = 3

Homophobia

N = 3

Misogyny/androcentrism

N = 2

Discrimination as reaction to discrimination

N = 1