Condition or movement? A genealogy of trans discourse

Abstract

This chapter offers a genealogical account of the discursive repertoires of trans as condition and trans as movement. It describes the negotiation of differing positions on trans condition and movement by health professionals and radical feminists as well as trans patients, activists and academics. In addition to providing a roughly chronological history of ideas, it explores how contemporary trans possibilities have emerged through categorisation and contestation, and explains why medical discourse has played a particularly important role in this process. It looks at how recent sociological studies incorporated condition-oriented identities within broadly movement-oriented accounts of trans community, focusing on Surya Monro's concept of ‘gender pluralism’. It shows how recent interventions from health professionals have sought to acknowledge movement-oriented trans identities and experiences.

Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender healthcare? A narrative review.

“…While most studies demonstrating the mental health benefits of gender-affirming care involved gender assessments, our review suggests that these benefits are not causally related to gender assessments. Our findings accord with research suggesting that assessments were initially developed to appease public perception, gain acceptance from peers, guard against litigation, and severely restrict the availability of gender-affirming care (Marrow, 2023; Pearce, 2018a; shuster, 2021; see also MacKinnon et al, 2021). Many factors used by gender assessments are historically grounded in prejudiced beliefs about which lives are socially desirable (Marrow, 2023).…”

RANZCP 2024 CONGRESS: Book of Abstracts

“…Background: There is considerable evidence that transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals have higher levels of mental illness than the general population (Dhejne et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2015;Reisner et al, 2015;Veale et al, 2019), and that this is related to the impact of minority stigma and intersectionality (Tan et al, 2021(Tan et al, , 2022. Barriers in accessing health care and appropriate support stems partly from concerns about clinicianside factors in the form of enacted stigma and historical invalidation of TGD identities (Ansara, 2012;Bradford and Syed, 2019;Pearce, 2018;Puckett et al, 2018;Tan et al, 2021;Veale et al, 2019).…”

“…Background: There is considerable evidence that trans, gender diverse and non-binary (TGDNB) individuals have higher levels of mental illness than the general population (Dhejne et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2015;Reisner et al, 2015;Veale et al, 2019), and that this is related to the impact of stigma and minority stress (Tan et al, 2021(Tan et al, , 2022. Barriers in accessing health care and appropriate support stem partly from clinician-side barriers in the form of enacted stigma and historical invalidation of TGDNB identities (Ansara, 2012;Bradford and Syed, 2019;Cavanaugh et al, 2016;Pearce, 2018;Puckett et al, 2018;Veale et al, 2019). There is growing agreement among both patients and providers that the education provided to healthcare practitioners about TGDNB health care is inadequate (Blakey and Treharne, 2019;Taylor et al, 2018; and that this is contributing to misconceptions held by, and misinformation perpetuated among, medical professionals.…”

Creating Time for LGBT+ Disabled Youth: Co-production Outside Chrononormativity

“…Muñoz (2009) offers considerations of queer futures lived in the present to create queer possibilities for living. Similarly, trans temporalities have become associated with lives existing in periods of waiting and anticipation as well as non-linearities of co-existing pasts, presents, and futures (Amin, 2014; Malatino, 2019; Pearce, 2018a, 2018b; Simpkins, 2017). Trans temporalities construct possibilities of trans futures and trans bodies that could be – a temporality of possibility that exists in a long drawn-out now of waiting for that imagined future to be realised.…”