1 Autism and Transgender identity: Implications for mental health Journal: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders Running head: Autism and Transgender identity: Implications for mental health Word count: 6370 words Submission date: 24/01/2019; Revision date 12/07/2019; Revision date 29/09/2019, Accepted date 30/9/2019 Autism and Transgender identity: implications for depression and anxiety Jennifer Murphy 1* , Freya Prentice 2 , Reubs Walsh 3 , Caroline Catmur 4 , Geoffrey Bird 1,2 1 Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London 2 Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, 3 Faculty of Behaviour and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 4 Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London *Corresponding author: Jennifer.Murphy@kcl.ac.uk + 44 (0) 207 848 5410 Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre (MRC) Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience - PO80 De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom, SE5 8AF