‘You aren’t from around here’: race, masculinity, and rural transgender men

Abelson, Miriam J.

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2016.1219324

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“…Extant literature has identified several factors that contribute to the health disparities experienced by transgender individuals and barriers to accessing trans‐friendly healthcare in large Canadian cities (e.g., Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal), while research in non‐urban settings is relatively scant. Part of the reason for this gap in the literature has been a prevailing – albeit often exaggerated – view that rural areas are a virtual “no man's land” for transgender people – that rural communities are ripe with transphobic violence and stigmatisms and, as a result, few (if any) transgender people reside in such regions (Abelson ). Consequently, many studies in transgender healthcare have simply ignored rural areas, while healthcare studies in rural areas have often categorised gender minorities – such as the transgender community – as being sexual minorities, indistinct from gay, lesbian, or bisexual communities (Koch and Knutson ).…”

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Overcoming the barriers in transgender healthcare in rural Ontario: discourses of personal agency, resilience, and empowerment

Blodgett¹,

Coughlan²,

Khullar³

2017

Int Social Sci J

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This study qualitatively explores the barriers that transgender individuals experience within healthcare settings in rural Ontario. It includes an analysis of how transgender individuals overcome these barriers, as well as the methods by which healthcare interactions can be strengthened to increase their experiences of personal agency. Twelve transgender individuals and three healthcare professionals in rural Ontario participated in open-ended, semistructured interviews, which were analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis and critical discourse analysis. Together these analyses yielded insights on themes pertaining to the breaching of human rights in healthcare interactions; rural challenges experienced by transgender patients in Ontario; the effects of non-reciprocal relationships on trans-patients' experiences of personal agency, autonomy, and mental health; and factors contributing to their overall resiliency and empowerment. Potential transgender healthcare models and directions for future research are also discussed. Abstract egalitarianism and men as victims: strategic choice of frames by men's rights organisations

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Overcoming the barriers in transgender healthcare in rural Ontario: discourses of personal agency, resilience, and empowerment

Blodgett¹,

Coughlan²,

Khullar³

2017

Int Social Sci J

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“…26 Similarly, race was a crucial factor in a study among transgender men living in rural areas of the Midwest and Southeast United States. 27 The qualitative research indicated that white transgender men found acceptance in rural communities based on their race and performance of rural working-class masculinity. Although results of the study suggest a reduction in transphobia against white transgender men, the same acceptance was not found for transgender individuals of color.…”

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“…Although results of the study suggest a reduction in transphobia against white transgender men, the same acceptance was not found for transgender individuals of color. 27 …”

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The Association Between Geographic Location and Anxiety and Depression in Transgender Individuals: An Exploratory Study of an Online Sample

2016

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Purpose: Research has demonstrated associations between discrimination and mental health in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations. However, little is known about the influence of geographic location on psychological distress in these populations, particularly among transgender people.Methods: This secondary analysis conducted on a national sample of transgender individuals (N=414) offers a preliminary understanding of the effects of geographic location on psychological distress (i.e., anxiety and depression). A univariate analysis of variance was calculated to determine this relationship.Results: The West South Central division (i.e., Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas) revealed highest psychological distress.Conclusion: Results suggest an urgent need for transgender-competent healthcare in this division.

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“…Researchers have long documented inequalities and fractures within gay and lesbian communities along lines of gender, race, class, and, notably, region. Researchers have examined LGBTQ communities of color in large cities (Hunter 2010;Moore 2011), gender variations between gay and lesbian LGBTQ community members (Browne 2009;Hayslett and Kane 2011), and differences in the experiences of transgender and cisgender 2 community members (Abelson 2016;Doan 2007;Scheim et al 2019). Studying LGBTQ communities in large cities present problems of scale and accessibility in addressing these two themes.…”

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“…Focusing on another dimension of gender, the residential patterns of transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer people have not been adequately studied, although some research documents the complex experiences of trans people beyond large cities, as noted above (Abelson 2016;Doan 2007;Scheim et al 2019). As a lesbian participant in Ghaziani's research noted, "We never talk about trans neighborhoods.…”

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Theory Making from the Middle: Researching LGBTQ Communities in Small Cities

Forstie

2020

City & Community

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Urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community research in sociology has largely ignored LGBTQ communities in the most common urban form: small cities. In this article, I argue that LGBTQ communities in small cities are an underexplored source of theory making about LGBTQ communities more broadly, and I highlight the ways such research enhances LGBTQ community research. I first discuss a definitional framework of LGBTQ communities in small cities. In other words, what do we mean by small cities, and what do we mean by LGBTQ communities within them? I then discuss the handful of examples of research on LGBTQ communities in small cities, describing the kinds of theoretical questions such research raises. I examine specifically how small‐city LGBTQ communities shift our thinking about urban LGBTQ community research in the following four areas: social networks, spatial and temporal dimensions of community, identity intersections, and allyship. Next, I identify three reasons why a focus on small cities is necessary to theory making in LGBTQ and community research more broadly, including and moving beyond questions of representation. I conclude by highlighting the methodological diversity needed to effectively research LGBTQ communities in small cities and briefly address a few challenges in moving this field of research forward.

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‘You aren’t from around here’: race, masculinity, and rural transgender men

Cited by 69 publications

References 21 publications

Overcoming the barriers in transgender healthcare in rural Ontario: discourses of personal agency, resilience, and empowerment

Overcoming the barriers in transgender healthcare in rural Ontario: discourses of personal agency, resilience, and empowerment

The Association Between Geographic Location and Anxiety and Depression in Transgender Individuals: An Exploratory Study of an Online Sample

Theory Making from the Middle: Researching LGBTQ Communities in Small Cities

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