Ontologies of transition(s) in healthcare practice: examining the lived experiences and representations of transgender adults transitioning in healthcare

Shepherd, Adam; Hanckel, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/14461242.2020.1854618

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“…In our study we show, for instance, how trans identities can become erased in healthcare settings 6. One of our research participants, Jane, who is agender, felt ambivalent about changing the gender marker on their medical record, adding that “it depends on, like, transitioning and things like that.” Inflexible medical forms, which cannot account for diverse genders, such as agender, produce hurdles for patients that need to be negotiated for access and support from healthcare services.…”

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“…Our analysis of healthcare guidance documents related to transitioning used by NHS England over the last 12 years points to these limitations 3. Examining these documents, alongside interviews with trans people about their lived experiences of transitioning, we found not only that healthcare guidance often imagined transition in particular ways, but that participants had to confront these limitations in their everyday lives.…”

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Ensuring equal access to care for all transgender people

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Hanckel

2021

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Ensuring equal access to care for all transgender people

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2021

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“…Some prefer taking their time while transitioning to explore alternatives and, eventually, taking on board some of their past identities to smoothen a timeline coherence. Second, many trans people that defend the fluidity and unfixity of genders are not concerned about fitting into male or female social roles, and struggle with female/male binarism and continuum [ 22 , 23 ]. In summary, these arguments sustain the idea that transition processes do not mean that trans people have to correct their ‘wrong bodies’ but instead gain awareness and learn how to re-emplot their embodied gender identity.…”

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Exploring Trans People’s Narratives of Transition: Negotiation of Gendered Bodies in Physical Activity and Sport

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López-Cañada

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This paper explores how trans people who make transitions negotiate their gendered bodies in different moments of this process, and how their narrative storylines are emplotted in physical activity and (non)organized sports (PAS) participation. A qualitative semi-structured interview-based study was developed to analyze the stories of eight trans people (three trans women, two trans men, and three nonbinary persons) who participated in PAS before and during their gender disclosure. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify the patterns in the transition process and the structural analysis of the stories from the interviews. Three transition moments (the closet, opening up, and reassuring) were identified from the thematic analysis. Most participants showed difficulties in achieving their PAS participation during the two earlier moments. The predominance of failure storylines was found particularly in men, while success was more likely to appear in women because their bodies and choices fitted better with their PAS gender ideals. The nonbinary trans persons present alternative storylines in which corporeality has less influence on their PAS experiences. The knowledge provided on the moments and the stories of transition help to explain trans people’s (non)involvement in PAS and to guide policymaking and professional action in PAS fields.

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“…Transitioning and detransitioning gender share some similarities as both begin with a movement from a normative to a non-normative gender and body. This initial transition process may involve corporeal and/or social changes such as those produced through gender-affirming surgeries and therapies, including changes to legal name and preferred pronouns (Shepherd & Hanckel, 2021). It is at this supposed resting place of gendered stasis, post-transition, that those who undertake actions to be recognized as a gender other than that represented by the transitioned gender and body, appear to depart toward more normative gendered formations.…”

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Navigating Detransition Borders: An Exploration of Social Media Narratives

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Detransition, a relatively recent phenomenon within academic discourse and mainstream media, refers to individuals who transition from the gender they transitioned into. Experiences of detransition, including those shared on social media, are poorly understood. Drawing upon narratives of gender detransition as shared on a global social media site, this analysis explores and seeks to better understand how detransition experiences are shared; and the effect of detransition narratives on gendered embodiment and belonging. Employing Butler’s (Undoing gender. Routledge, 2004) notion of livable lives and Crawford’s (Seattle J Soc Justice 8(2):515–539, 2010) conception of trans architecture, this analysis theoretically extends trans conversations to include discourses and narratives of detransition. A total of 130 archival posts by 36 contributors relating to detransition were collected from a popular global social media site where the engagement of reflexive thematic analysis contributed to the development of three themes: Contemplating transformation; Experiences of detransition; and Prominent discourses for detransition. Study findings suggest that detransition narratives expressed on this social media site demonstrate the multifaceted and complex ways in which non-normative gendered lives are rendered unlivable. In response, this analysis problematizes gender by conceptualizing detransition as a transformation toward a trans space outside a cisnormative frame contributing to making gendered lives more livable.

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Ontologies of transition(s) in healthcare practice: examining the lived experiences and representations of transgender adults transitioning in healthcare

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Ensuring equal access to care for all transgender people

Ensuring equal access to care for all transgender people

Exploring Trans People’s Narratives of Transition: Negotiation of Gendered Bodies in Physical Activity and Sport

Navigating Detransition Borders: An Exploration of Social Media Narratives

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