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[...]among the 60 million refugees worldwide, trans people are particularly at risk of violence and discrimination.2 Yet discrimination based on gender identity and migration status are usually treated separately, as the Comment's omission illustrates.1 Many trans people experience discrimination on multiple grounds, such as refugee status, socioeconomic position, age, and physical and cognative ability, in addition to gender identity, leading to possibly even more negative health consequences than in non-trans people. The scientific community should not only start altering the culture of public health1 but challenge the myth of homogeneous societies.4 We declare no competing interests. 1 A Restar, S Reisner, Protect trans people: gender equality and equity in action, Lancet, Vol. 390, 2017, 1933-1935 2 UNHCR, 2015, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, (accessed Oct 28, 2017).