Intimate Transitions: Transgender Practices of Partnering and Parenting

Hines, Sally

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“…A study of 50 U.S. transgender parents, for example, found that very few were 'out' to officials at their child(ren)'s school, due to concerns about discrimination (Haines, Ajayi, & Boyd, 2014). Acceptance of transgender parents in the school environment, including by staff, other parents, and students, can be important in supporting children whose parent is transitioning (Hines, 2006). Counsellors and psychologists can assist in making schools safer and more inclusive spaces for transgender parents, specifically through providing training for school staff, advocating for policies promoting inclusion, and broadening the language used to discuss families within school curriculum (Ryan & Martin, 2000).…”

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The Role of School Counsellors and Psychologists in Supporting Transgender People

Riggs

Bartholomaeus

2015

The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

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As growing numbers of transgender people -including students, parents, and educators -become visible within schools, so comes with this the requirement that schools ensure their full inclusion. This article suggests that school counsellors and psychologists have an important role to play in supporting transgender people within schools. As an initial scoping of this suggestion, the article reports on findings from two Australian surveys: one focused on cisgender parents of transgender children, and one focused on cisgender school counsellors and psychologists in regard to their capacity for working with transgender people. The findings suggest that while the parent sample had largely negative experiences with school counsellors, the professional sample reported a high level of confidence in working with transgender people, although differences in gender and religiosity impacted upon school counsellors' and psychologists' acceptance of transgender people, and clinical knowledge for working with transgender people. The article concludes by advocating for ongoing training for school counsellors and psychologists in regard to working with transgender people, in addition to outlining the role that school counsellors and psychologists can play in facilitating a whole of school approach to transgender issues.

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The Role of School Counsellors and Psychologists in Supporting Transgender People

Riggs

Bartholomaeus

2015

The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

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“…Hines (2006) investigated the issue of gender transition on relationships through the use of case studies and found multiple potential relationship pathways and negotiations in intimacy. Although not the predominant theme, in a sample narrative, a couple remained together through transition in a reconfigured partnership in which emotional care practices were emphasized over sexual desire practices.…”

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“…Although not the predominant theme, in a sample narrative, a couple remained together through transition in a reconfigured partnership in which emotional care practices were emphasized over sexual desire practices. Hines (2006) suggested that ''the meanings and experiences of sexual identity and sexual desire and practice' ' (p. 368) shifted in relation to, and could sometimes adapt to, changes in gender identity. Similarly, Buxton (2006) observed that the minority of mixed-orientation relationships that continue do so in different configurations, including ''monogamy, open marriage, or closed loop (the GLBT spouse has a relationship with another married person of the same gender)'' (p. 321).…”

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The Sexual Relationships of Sexual-Minority Women Partnered with Trans Men: A Qualitative Study

Brown

2009

Arch Sex Behav

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This qualitative research study examined the experiences of sexual-minority women in romantic and sexual relationships with female-to-male transsexuals (N = 20) using grounded theory analysis. This article reports data on issues related to sexual desire and practice in the context of a partner's transition, which participants said often compelled a process of renegotiating bodies and sexual connection. Participant reports on the influence of transition on the couple's sex life were mixed. Many participants discussed changes in sex which were negatively affected in the course of transition by a lesbian sexual orientation and a personal trauma history, and positively affected by a more embodied partner and a partner with increased libido. More general changes to the nature of their sexual life are detailed, including a greater dependence on heteronormative gendered sexual scripts as transition began.

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“…13 . C'est aussi la conclusion de l'étude anglaise de Hines (2006) bombe, les enfants tenant leur père pour responsable de la dissolution de la famille.…”

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Transparentalité : vécus sensibles de parents et d’enfants (France, Québec)

Fortier

2015

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La transparentalité représente une épreuve sociale et intime autant pour les personnes concernées que pour leurs conjoints et leurs enfants. Il existe peu de recherches sur ce sujet sensible, et encore moins de témoignages d’enfants. Dans cette étude qui croise anthropologie et psychologie, j’ai voulu rendre compte de la manière la plus juste de la parole des personnes rencontrées, en faisant état de leurs sentiments, de leur parcours, de leurs difficultés, de leurs doutes et de leurs victoires, sans jugement de valeur. Dans le cadre limité de cet article, je présente le cas de femmes trans, soit des personnes nées hommes et devenues femmes, qui étaient déjà mariées ou en couple avec une compagne avant leur transition et qui ont eu des enfants dans le cadre de cette union. Leurs récits de vie attestent de leur manière d’ajuster leur transition en femme à leur rôle parental, même si elles doivent faire face à beaucoup d’incompréhension, sinon d’exclusion. J’examine aussi comment les enfants réagissent au changement d’identité sexuée de leur parent, réaction qui peut évoluer au cours du temps, et qui est intrinsèquement liée à la façon dont la nouvelle leur est annoncée, à leur âge, à l’attitude de leur mère et de leur famille proche, ainsi qu’au regard social porté sur la transparentalité.Trans parenting is a challenge both socially and intimately for trans parents themselves, but also for their partners and children. There are few studies on this sensitive subject, and even fewer children’s accounts. In this study, which incorporates aspects of both anthropology and psychology, I strive to report, as accurately as possible and without value judgments, the words of the people I met by presenting their feelings, experiences, difficulties, doubts, and victories. Within the limited scope of this article, I present the case of trans women—people born as men and who have become female—who were already married or in a relationship before their transition and who had children in this relationship. Their life stories relate how they adjusted to their transitions to their role as parents, even in the face of much incomprehension and even exclusion. I also examine how the children react to their parents’ change in sexual identity, a reaction that can change over time and that is linked intrinsically to how they were given the news, their age, the attitudes of their mother and of their immediate family, and society’s view of trans parenting

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Intimate Transitions: Transgender Practices of Partnering and Parenting

Cited by 160 publications

References 9 publications

The Role of School Counsellors and Psychologists in Supporting Transgender People

The Role of School Counsellors and Psychologists in Supporting Transgender People

The Sexual Relationships of Sexual-Minority Women Partnered with Trans Men: A Qualitative Study

Transparentalité : vécus sensibles de parents et d’enfants (France, Québec)

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