Gender identity, sexual orientation and adverse sexual experiences in autistic females

Table 4 Summary of significant LR results comparing negative sexual experiences across gender identity and sexual orientation

Comparison (IV groups)	DV	R²_LL	χ²₍₃₎	B (SE)	OR	95% CI	P, Wald test
Transgender GI (non-Aut) versus cisgender GI (non-Aut)	Regret. behaviour	0.03	5.72	1.39 (0.62)	4.01	1.20–13.42	.024
Transgender GI (non-Aut) versus cisgender GI (non-Aut)	Interaction (non-Aut versus non-Aut comparisons)						≥ .159
Homosexual SO (Aut) versus heterosexual SO (Aut)	Regret. behaviour	0.04	5.88	1.01 (0.42)	2.72	1.19–6.20	.017
	Unwant. behaviour	0.06	7.60	1.16 (0.43)	3.17	1.36–7.38	.007
	Interaction (Aut versus Aut comparisons)						≥ .588
Homosexual SO (Aut) versus heterosexual SO (non-Aut)	Unwant. behaviour	0.06	12.95	1.09 (0.39)	2.97	1.38–6.42	.005
	Unwant. advances	0.04	17.09	1.08 (0.36)	2.94	1.46–5.90	.002
	Interaction (Aut versus non-Aut comparisons)						≥ .318
Homosexual SO (non-Aut) versus heterosexual SO (non-Aut)	Unwant. advances	0.04	6.89	0.98 (0.38)	2.67	1.26–5.63	.010
Homosexual SO (Aut) versus homosexual SO (non-Aut)	Unwant. behaviour	0.03	4.69	0.87 (0.41)	2.38	1.07–5.22	.033
Bisexual SO (Aut) versus heterosexual SO (non-Aut)	Regret. behaviour	0.03	4.89	− 0.97 (0.46)	0.38	0.15–0.93	.034

Note: Only significant results are reported in Table 4. Regret. behaviour having engaged in sexual behaviours that were regretted, Unwant. behaviour having engaged in unwanted sexual behaviours, Unwant. advances having received or been the victim of an unwanted sexual advance, Aut autistic, non-Aut non-autistic controls, GI gender identity, SO sexual orientation, DV reported negative sexual experience (regretted, unwanted sexual experience or unwanted sexual advance). Reference category = ‘female’ for all analyses investigating gender identity. Reference category = ‘heterosexual’ for analyses investigating sexual orientation. Age and the comorbid diagnoses of ADHD status, major depression, and ‘no’ reported comorbid diagnoses were controlled for in all analyses. As each controlling covariate was non-significant in all analyses, we do not present or interpret these results

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