Gender Transitions in Later Life: The Significance of Time in Queer Aging

Fabbre, Vanessa D.

doi:10.1080/01634372.2013.855287

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“…Data collection included surveys (56.3%), interviews (35.2%), and focus groups (7.0%, n = 5). Three studies also used participant observation in addition to interviews [16-18]. A majority of the studies relied on community-based samples (85.1%), with 4.5% utilizing population-based representative data ( n = 3) [19-21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Stress-related theories, most often the minority stress model [52, 53], were used to assess experiences such as loneliness, poor mental health, and service needs [33, 54-56]. A life course perspective was explicitly applied in 2 articles examining life span and life course development [40, 57], with several others referencing the “life course” as a key concept, but not as an overarching framework [16, 20, 24, 36, 58-61]. …”

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Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

2019

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Background: LGBTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer) older adults are demographically diverse and growing populations. In an earlier 25-year review of the literature on sexual orientation and aging, we identified four waves of research that addressed dispelling negative stereotypes, psychosocial adjustment to aging, identity development, and social and community-based support in the lives of LGBTQ older adults. Objectives: The current review was designed to develop an evidence base for the field of LGBTQ aging as well as to assess the strengths and limitations of the existing research and to articulate a blueprint for future research. Methods: Using a life course framework, we applied a systematic narrative analysis of research on LGBTQ aging. The review included 66 empirical peer-reviewed journal articles (2009–2016) focusing on LGBTQ adults aged 50 years and older, as well as age-based comparisons (50 years and older with those younger). Results: A recent wave of research on the health and well-being of LGBTQ older adults was identified. Since the prior review, the field has grown rapidly. Several findings were salient, including the increased application of theory (with critical theories most often used) and more varied research designs and methods. While existing life course theory provided a structure for the investigation of the social dimensions of LGBTQ aging, it was limited in its attention to intersectionality and the psychological, behavioral, and biological work emerging in the field. There were few studies addressing the oldest in these communities, bisexuals, gender non-binary older adults, intersex, older adults of color, and those living in poverty. Conclusions: The Iridescent Life Course framework highlights the interplay of light and environment, creating dynamic and fluid colors as perceived from different angles and perspectives over time. Such an approach incorporates both queering and trans-forming the life course, capturing intersectionality, fluidity over time, and the psychological, behavioral, and biological as well as social dimensions of LGBTQ aging. Work is needed that investigates trauma, differing configurations of risks and resources over the life course, inequities and opportunities in representation and capital as LGBTQ adults age, and greater attention to subgroups that remain largely invisible in existing research. More depth than breadth is imperative for the field, and multilevel, longitudinal, and global initiatives are needed.

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Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

2019

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“…Current examples of this include Fabbre's study of late-life gender transitions [54], Jones' exploration of positive images of bisexual futures [55], and Rice et al's [56] feminist arts-based project on disabled futures which imagines the "possibility of a desired futurity where before there was no possibility or only abjected possibility" (p. 27). As they summarize the possibilities of a theory of feminist crip time, it is to "offer a glimpse at the generative possibilities of replacing a fixed, linear understanding of a "future perfect" with multiple, shifting, affective understandings of temporality that make space for, imagine and enact futures .…”

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Queering Aging Futures

Sandberg

Marshall

2017

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This paper explores the potential for cultural gerontology to extend its ideas of diversity in aging experiences by opening space to rethink conceptions of successful aging futures. We propose a 'queering' of aging futures that disrupts the ways that expectations of a good later life and happy aging are seen to adhere to some bodies and subjectivities over others. Drawing on feminist, queer, and crip theories, we build on existing critiques of 'successful aging' to interrogate the assumptions of heteronormativity, able-bodiedness and able-mindedness that shape the dividing lines between success and failure in aging, and which inform attempts to 'repair' damaged futures. Conclusions suggest that recognizing diversity in successful aging futures is important in shaping responses to the challenges of aging societies, and presents an opportunity for critical cultural gerontology to join with its theoretical allies in imagining more inclusive alternatives.

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“…Transgender individuals experience issues of gender identity (Fabbre, 2014). Gender identity development involves living authentically and in congruence with the core self, which is often at odds with external presentation.…”

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“…Those transitioning earlier may fear loss of income, community, and relationships. Although many individuals experience androgyny as they age, aging for transgender individuals may be a source of conflict because it affects their ability to "pass" as their new gender and express their gender identity (Fabbre, 2014).…”

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An Older Transgender Woman's Quest for Identity

Walker¹,

Cohen²,

Jenkins³

2016

J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv

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Despite sensationalized media attention, transgender individuals are the most marginalized and misunderstood group in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. The current article presents a case study of one woman's quest for identity. Narrative inquiry was used to analyze data from interview transcripts and four themes emerged during analysis: (a) naming the ambiguity, (b) revealingconcealing the authentic self, (c) discovering the transgender community, and (d) embracing the "T" identity. Lifespan and empowerment theories were used to harvest meanings from these themes. Implications for nursing practice and research were examined based on study findings. Participatory action research offers an approach for future studies in which researchers advocate for transgender individuals and remove obstacles to their health care access. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 54(2)

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Gender Transitions in Later Life: The Significance of Time in Queer Aging

Cited by 49 publications

References 25 publications

Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

Queering Aging Futures

An Older Transgender Woman's Quest for Identity

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