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cardiac abnormalities, asthma, or renal disorder. In addition, those in an immunedeficient state, such as diabetes or HIV infection, are further at risk of acquiring COVID-19. Moreover, according to the CDC, people who were financially unstable, socially isolated, and homeless even before the pandemic appear to be at a higher risk and powerless against this pandemic.3 The impact of quarantine is likely to be more severe in already disadvantaged communities such as transgender people, especially with lockdown protocols, social distancing, economic burden, isolation, and limited access to community and religious activities, which can further deteriorate their mental well-being.3 Transgender people are those individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex they were designated at birth.4 According to the World Professional Association for Transgender (WPATH) Standard of Care, trans people are a diverse group who cross or transcend culturally recognized