{
  "id": 8273256,
  "title": "Anti-transgender legislation can cause psychological distress even in states with trans-friendly laws",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/anti-transgender-legislation-can-cause-psychological-distress-even-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:20:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-anti-transgender-legislation-psychological-distress.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Legislation that affects or discriminates against transgender and gender-diverse individuals can cause more psychological distress than personal experiences of discrimination, according to new Virginia Commonwealth University research published in the journal American Psychologist. The study also found that individuals with those identities experienced psychological distress from anti-transgender…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}