Creating gender: A thematic analysis of genderqueer narratives

Bradford, Nova J.; Rider, G. Nicole; Catalpa, Jory M.; Morrow, Quinlyn J.; Berg, Dianne; Spencer, Kylee L.; McGuire, Jenifer K.

doi:10.1080/15532739.2018.1474516

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“…There was no significant difference in congruence and satisfaction with social gender role between nonbinary and binary transgender people. Non-binary transgender people have reported feeling socially invisible in social settings in particular, and society in general, which tend to adhere to and advocate a binary gender system, including a binaried language system (see for instance, Bradford et al, 2018;Nicholas, 2018). This tends to leave non-binary transgender people not feeling accepted or validated by society (Saltzburg & Davis, 2010).…”

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Gender congruence and body satisfaction in nonbinary transgender people: A case control study

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International Journal of Transgenderism

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Background: Binary transgender people access gender affirming medical interventions to alleviate gender incongruence and increase body satisfaction. Despite the increase in nonbinary transgender people, this population are less likely to access transgender health services compared to binary transgender people. No research has yet explored why by exploring levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction in non-binary transgender people. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction in non-binary transgender people to controls (binary transgender people and cisgender (non-trans) people). Method: In total, 526 people from a community sample in the United Kingdom took part in the study (97 non-binary, 91 binary and 338 cisgender identifying people). Participants were asked to complete an online survey about gender congruence and body satisfaction. Results: There were differences in gender congruence and body satisfaction between nonbinary and binary transgender people. On sex specific parts of the body (i.e., chest, genitalia and secondary sex characteristics), non-binary transgender people reported significantly higher levels of gender and body satisfaction compared to binary transgender people. However, there was no difference in congruence and satisfaction with social gender role between the two transgender groups (non-binary and binary). Cisgender people reported significantly higher levels of gender congruence and body satisfaction compared to transgender people (non-binary and binary). Conclusion: There are differences in gender congruence and body satisfaction between nonbinary and binary transgender people. Non-binary individuals may be less likely to access transgender health services due to experiencing less gender incongruence and more body satisfaction compared to binary transgender people. Transgender health services need to be more inclusive of non-binary transgender people and their support and treatment needs, which may differ from those who identify within the binary gender system.

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Gender congruence and body satisfaction in nonbinary transgender people: A case control study

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Haycraft

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International Journal of Transgenderism

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“…In other words, researchers have applied similar theoretical frameworks to the study of ethnic-racial identity (Umaña-Taylor et al, 2014), gay identity (Cohler & Hammack, 2006), gender identity (McLean, Shucard, & Syed, 2017), religious identity (McAdams et al, 1981), Muslim-American dual-identity (Sirin et al, 2008), and even career identity (LaPointe, 2010), but have largely failed to extend these same frameworks to transgender identity (cf. Bradford et al, 2018).…”

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Transnormativity and Transgender Identity Development: A Master Narrative Approach

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Despite rapidly shifting social dynamics and the recent increase in scholarship on transgender identity development, existing research on transgender identity has been theoretically isolated from the broader study of identity. This study involved a series of 4 qualitative focus groups (n = 15 participants), conducted in the United States, to identify master and alternative narratives guiding transgender identity development and explore the mechanisms by which transgender individuals navigate and negotiate with these narrative constraints. Results suggest that (a) transnormativity is best conceptualized as a hegemonic alternative narrative that resists the master narrative of cisnormativity, which asserts that cisgender identities are "normal" or "standard"; (b) the components of transnormativity go beyond those which have been previously described in the literature; (c) individuals negotiate with transnormativity through both resisting transnormativity and conceding to transnormativity; and (d) border wars within the trans community form on the basis of these opposing and contradictory processes of resisting and conceding. Results demonstrate the applicability of the Master Narrative framework for studying transgender identity development and the important role of master and alternative narratives of in shaping the lives and experiences of trans people. Psychotherapists can use these findings to engage clients in re-authoring conversations to affirm the legitimacy of clients' unique identity experiences.

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“…37), as a means of moving beyond flawed ontologies that entrench gender binaries. The notion of a gender spectrum is evident in later work on genderqueer (Bradford et al, 2018) and on non-binary, for example Richards et al (2016) discuss diversifying gender in terms of a spectrum model. Matsuno and Budge state that 'The term non-binary typically defines a comprehensive scope of gender experiences (sometimes discussed as the "gender spectrum")' (2017, pp.…”

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“…13). Genderqueer identities are diverse but share dis-identification with rigid gender binaries and in some cases, a direct challenge to the social institutions that perpetuate binaries (see Yeadon-Lee, 2016;Bradford et al, 2018;Davy, 2018). 'Non-binary' is an umbrella term that includes those whose identity falls outside of or between male and female identities; as a person who can experience both male and female, at different times, or someone who does not experience or want to have a gender identity at all (Matsuno and Budge, 2017).…”

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