At the moment, we don’t know whether there are differences in the experience of gambling harm among people who are non-binary or transgender, or for people from the wider LGBTQIA+ community.
However, we do know that people who are non-binary or transgender are more likely to experience:90https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8393320/ ; https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40359-021-00597-4.pdf
Discrimination
Poor mental health
Low social support or isolation
These are risk factors for experiencing harm from your own gambling, gaming, or substance use.91
https://www.begambleaware.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Minority%20Communities%20Final%20Report_0.pdf
; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1020749/Gambling_risk_factors.pdf
People who are trans are more likely to experience a range of severe impacts on their health and wellbeing from risk-taking behaviours, which is thought in large part to be driven by people attempting to cope with ‘minority stress’ and stigmatisation:
Simply being TGD [trans and gender diverse] by itself does not indicate an increased predisposition to addictive behaviour; however, living in a hurtful and traumatising world can, indeed, result in such behaviours.92https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8393320/
If you or someone you know from the LGBTQAI+ community needs support, try contacting one of these organisations: LGBT Youth Scotland, LGBT Health and Welling, Scottish Trans Alliance or Pink Saltire.