Displaying (Trans)Gender in Space and Time: Deconstructing Spatial Binaries of Violence and Security in the UK and Portugal

Marques, Ana Cristina

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-03792-4_31

Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places 2022

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-03792-4_31

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Displaying (Trans)Gender in Space and Time: Deconstructing Spatial Binaries of Violence and Security in the UK and Portugal

Ana Cristina Marques

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Redefining ‘family’: Conceptualising social support networks of transfeminine women in the Western Cape, South Africa - a case descriptive study of in-depth qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

de Villiers,

Swartz,

Bock

et al. 2024

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

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Redefining ‘family’: Conceptualising social support networks of transfeminine women in the Western Cape, South Africa - a case descriptive study of in-depth qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

de Villiers,

Swartz,

Bock

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Role of Bystanders on Women’s Perception of Personal Security When Using Public Transport

Tilleman,

Chowdhury

2024

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Women frequently face gender-based harassment when using public transport and adjust their travel behavior as a result. The present study focuses on how the presence of bystanders influences women’s sense of security and self-efficacy while using public transport. The study assesses the impact community support and social norms, perceived responsibilities of authority, and environmental factors have on women’s perception of security in the context of harassment. We conducted an online survey in Auckland, New Zealand ( n = 524). We analyzed results for differences in responses by gender and intersectional identities such as ethnicity and LGBTQ+. We used common factor analysis to uncover hypothesized latent variables that affect women’s perceptions of security and expectations of bystanders. The analysis produced a four-factor model for women+. The strongest factor in the women+ model was Community, followed by Authority, Confidence, then Vigilance. The women+ model suggests bystander and community support is an important expectation for women using public transport, affecting their perception of security and self-efficacy. For comparison and to gain insight into the role men may have as bystanders, we performed factor analysis on responses from men. The resulting three-factor model included factors for Confidence, Authority, and Vigilance. The strength of the Confidence factor for men suggests there is space for calling men in as bystanders who are informed and willing to act. Overall, study findings indicate that anti-harassment strategies can be strengthened by building an active bystander community, bolstering support for vulnerable riders, and helping establish harassment as an unacceptable form of passenger behavior.

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HIV and gender identity expression among transfeminine people in the Western Cape, South Africa – a thematic analysis of data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

de Villiers,

Swartz,

Bock

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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Introduction Transfeminine people in South Africa have a high HIV risk due to structural, behavioural, and psychosocial factors. Transfeminine people and feminine identifying men who have sex with men (MSM) are often conflated or grouped with transgender or MSM categories in HIV service programming, although they don’t necessarily identify as either. We aimed to investigate gender expression among feminine identifying people who were assigned male at birth. We examined how local conceptualizations of sexuality and gender intersect with the key population label of ‘transgender’ imported into local HIV programming. Methods A qualitative cohort nested within the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial included longitudinal, in-depth interviews with eight transfeminine people (four who disclosed as living with HIV). Data were collected approximately every six weeks between January 2016 and October 2017. We used a combination of thematic analysis and case study descriptions to explore gender identification among participants. Results Of the eight participants, only one accepted ‘transgender’ as a label, and even she used varying terms at different times to describe her identity. For participants, a feminine identity included dressing in normatively feminine clothes; using feminine terms, pronouns and names; and adopting stereotypically feminine mannerisms. Participants would switch between typically feminine and masculine norms in response to contextual cues and audience. For example, some participants accepted identification as masculine gay men amongst their family members. Among peers, they expressed their identity through typically more effeminate gender characteristics, for example self-identifying as “femgay”. With partners they often also took on a feminine identity role, for example identifying as women in sexual and romantic relationships (meaning they viewed and expressed themselves as the feminine partner in the relationship). Conclusions Our findings are amongst the first exploratory and descriptive data of transfeminine people in South Africa. We show how transfeminine people navigate fluid gender identities that could pose a challenge for accessing and utilizing HIV services that are currently set up for transgender individuals or MSM. More work needs to be done to understand and respond to the diverse and shifting ways people experience their gender identities in this high HIV burden context.

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Displaying (Trans)Gender in Space and Time: Deconstructing Spatial Binaries of Violence and Security in the UK and Portugal

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Redefining ‘family’: Conceptualising social support networks of transfeminine women in the Western Cape, South Africa - a case descriptive study of in-depth qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

Redefining ‘family’: Conceptualising social support networks of transfeminine women in the Western Cape, South Africa - a case descriptive study of in-depth qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

Role of Bystanders on Women’s Perception of Personal Security When Using Public Transport

HIV and gender identity expression among transfeminine people in the Western Cape, South Africa – a thematic analysis of data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

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