Parents of TGNC children interfacing with their social networks

Tyler, Tee R.; Huddleston, Boglarka S.; Barnett, Farren A.; Kohring, Caroline L.; Spaeth, Cassidy M.

doi:10.1080/19361653.2020.1714527

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“…Studies show that middle-class parents' "raced and classed privileges" allow them to advocate for their gender-nonconforming children in multiple ways (Rahilly, 2015, 345), whereas other transgender children and their families face "non-affirming societal contexts." Such contexts are characterized by societal discrimination, lack of adequate healthcare options, and disapproval from the community (Aramburu Alegría, 2018), including alienation from religious communities (Tyler et al, 2021).…”

Section: Parenting Transgender Childrenmentioning

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“…However, as Taylor L. Field and Greggor Mattson (2016, 413) note, “we know relatively little about the experiences of parenting transgender children, despite 15 years of attention to the parenting of gay and lesbian children.” In exploring parental experiences, researchers have indicated common challenges while also emphasizing the diversity of parental experiences in different cultural and political contexts. Studies show that middle‐class parents’ “raced and classed privileges” allow them to advocate for their gender‐nonconforming children in multiple ways (Rahilly, 2015, 345), whereas other transgender children and their families face “non‐affirming societal contexts.” Such contexts are characterized by societal discrimination, lack of adequate healthcare options, and disapproval from the community (Aramburu Alegría, 2018), including alienation from religious communities (Tyler et al., 2021).…”

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Becoming the mother of a transgender child: Ethical self‐formation and moral moods of mothers in transition

Amrami

2023

Ethos

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Matters of parenting transgender children are ascendant on the cultural landscape. Based on interviews with Israeli mothers of transgender children between the ages of 8-24 I explore how the process of the child's gender affirmation intersects with maternal subjectivities, and how mothers internalize the morally-loaded narratives of good mothering in contemporary Israel. I illustrate that when children undergo gender affirmation, mothers experience their mothering as challenged and transformed. This transformative process can be conceptualized in terms of political becoming and ethical self-formation (Foucault 1997). However, such a conceptualization does not fully encompass the complexity of mothers' daily carework. An anthropological approach, in particular the concept of "moral moods" (Throop 2014), can best capture the spontaneity and ambiguity of mothers' moral lives. This concept can be a valuable theoretical tool to grasp the diffused affective states and moral concerns of those who are constantly subjected to the critical gaze. KEYWORDS Moral moods, intensive mothering, technologies of the self, anthropology of the moralThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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Section: Parenting Transgender Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%