Table 4 Rapid qualitative analysis sample quotes

Income worries

Participants’ descriptions about income challenges and worries due to the covid 19 pandemic.

1. I’m spending all my savings

2. I have faced financial limitations because I am the breadwinner in my family, and it has been complicated to manage all the expenses

3. I would like the government to support us, the people who have lost their jobs and cannot generate income to pay the rent and other debts

Trans-affirmative health care

Participants’ descriptions about difficulties and worries for accessing gender-affirming care.

1. I had to postpone my initial appointment for hormone therapy

2. I have not been able to leave my home, so I have not seen a doctor or started the procedures

3. I missed my appointments, the medical orders expired, and wasn’t able to get new ones from my doctor

Coping strategies

Participant’s description of the ways in which they defy the challenges of COVID-19

1. online social support groups, Reiki and religion

2. finding forms of distraction such as reading, watching movies, and virtual shows…

3. detach myself from the news a bit