Top Research Papers on Transgender

The shifting fortunes of the term transgender since the early 1990s testify to the faultlines and methodological impasses in the theorization of gender across numerous disciplines. At the same time transgender marks the forging and transformation of alliances and collectivities in political activism. Transgender is one of the latest in a series of terms which, in the social sciences, have sought to name counter-normative materializations of gender on individual bodies, through practices of gender-crossing either in matters of dress and presentation, and/or in terms of body modification. Transg...

to male, in several systemic parameters, could be observed after the calculation of the means of the results reported in the literature, pointing out the mechanisms by which testosterone acts in the body.

Prefer male pronouns, female pronouns, or gender nonspecific pronouns such as ze, hir, or hirself. Choose to change their names and/or gender markers. Choose to pursue hormone therapy, surgical intervention, or electrolysis to outwardly reflect their gender identity. Engage in binding, packing, enhancing, or tucking to outwardly reflect their gender identity. Conform to societal expectations about gender expression.

American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Position School counselors recognize all students have the right to be treated equally and fairly with dignity and respect as unique individuals, free from discrimination, harassment and bullying based on their real or perceived gender identity and gender expression. School counselors work to safeguard the well-being of transgender and gender-nonconforming youth.

This book provides a crucial resource for readers who are investigating trans issues. It takes a diverse and historic approach, focusing on more than one idea or one experience of trans identity or trans history. Transgender: A Reference Handbook is a go-to resource about the transgender experience. The book takes contemporary as well as historic aspects into consideration. It looks at ancient indigenous cultures that honored third, fourth, and fifth gender identities as well as more contemporary ideas of what "transgender" means. Notably, it focuses not only on Western medical ideas of gende...

It’s not often that the editor of a scholarly journal has to keep revising the introduction to a special issue simply to stay abreast of new developments relevant to the topic under consideration, but that indeed has been the case with “The Transgender Issue.” Two recent events, both of which took place between the first and second drafts of this essay, call attention to the timeliness of the work collected in this volume. In her discussion of the politicization of intersexual identity, “Hermaphrodites with Attitude,” Cheryl Chase notes that the goal of abolishing medically unnecessary cosmeti...

Written for general audiences, this unprecedented book comprehensively answers many questions about being transgender with current experiential and scientific information, including the evidence for a biological transgender predisposition. With transgender people visibly achieving fame in entertainment, the literary world, and other arenas, increasing numbers of transgender people are choosing to publicly announce that they are transgender. All of this has brought transgender people and the associated issues of being transgender into mainstream discourse. The demand for fact-based, scientific...

In this interview-based study, we investigated the common social experiences and minority stressors related to being transgender. It is one of two articles that resulted from a grounded theory analysis of interviews with 17 participants who claimed a variety of transgender identities (e.g., cross-dresser, transman, transwoman, butch lesbian) and were from different regions in the United States. The interview was centered on how participants’ identities influenced their lives across different interpersonal contexts. Participants described developing a more complex understanding of gender becaus...

With the increased publication of books featuring LGBTQ2S+ characters and issues, there is an opportunity for the reader to acquire a greater understanding of various LGBTQ2S+ experiences. This article focuses on ten books for children ages eight to twelve that include transgender characters. The books are as follows: Lily and Dunkin; The Boy in the Dress; Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life; George; Gracefully Grayson; Zenobia July; A Boy Named Queen; The Pants Project; The Other Boy; and My Life as a Diamond. This article offers a brief synopsis of the ten selected books and a discuss...

Trans Sex explores desire, pleasure and arousal, how to navigate sex and consent with other people, as well as the difficulties many trans people experience in relation to sex, such as dysphoria and violence.

The globalized epoch has unleashed a plethora of prospects and welfare for the progress of human community. However, there is an evil side of human beings in society where transgenders are evidently prohibited, forgotten and discriminated engulfed with survival complexities in all domains of life. Majority of them are engaged in flesh trade and street beggary. Their biological family put them aside due to the stigma and most transgenders are wanderers. Great amount of tortures, abuse by local hoodlums always impersonated a threat for their survival means. Many events ensure that over a period ...

Key concepts related to transgender issues are cataloged and defined, and common terms describing people who are changing their gender or living as a person of the opposite sex are described.

Towards a Sociology of Transgendering Migrating Stories Oscillating Stories Negating Stories Transcending Stories

Transgender people are currently excluded from full citizenship in the UK. However, this is being challenged by a number of transgender groups. Sexual and feminist models of citizenship provide useful alternatives to mainstream models of citizenship, sharing a considerable amount of ground with transgender citizenship. However, transgender citizenship differs from sexual and feminist models in various ways. This article examines the commonalties and divergences between transgender citizenship and sexual and feminist approaches to citizenship, and explores some of the issues emerging in the are...

Ritha Smith, assistant superintendent, and Seth Hanson, principal, are faced with a difficult decision. Taylor Harper is a transgender student who identifies as male and is openly attracted to females. Taylor’s parents, Lane and Morgan Harper, are lesbians; they are fully supportive of their child’s identification and are well versed in their legal rights. Madison Booth is in Physical Education [PE] class and shares a locker room with Taylor. She and her parents question her safety and security in the locker room. Ritha and Seth must consider the policy and rights for transgender, homosexual, ...

culture’ (p. 11), but there is little throughout the book that explores the other elements of this constitution. Ultimately, Dittmer advocates textual analysis as a useful methodology for tracing certain political discourses through a particular comic’s subgenre. For cultural studies, this method may feel too dated and constrained, but Dittmer’s impressive wrangling of a number of theoretical camps certainly demonstrates the further stakes of taking superheroes seriously as objects of study and points at further generative directions. Captain America, and popular culture more generally, become...

Abstract This paper discusses a research agenda for trans (transgender and transsexual) experience in the U.S., both how and what to study. As the field of trans studies develops, researchers should primarily utilize a community-based participatory action research model. Research remaining to be done includes: documenting the size of trans communities across the U.S., exploring the short and long-term effects of hormonal and surgical interventions, studies that focus on resiliency and wellness (i.e., those who are able to fend off pathology), explorations of who is likely to oppress or discrim...

The essence of sport and fair play is predicated on the assumption that individuals must fall in with one of the preordained categories of female or male. To compete as an athlete, individuals must align themselves as female or male and join the corresponding team. This is not a difficult task for a cisgender person but a transgender one is inevitably going to face unique challenges posed by this binary or dualistic view of sex. precarious situation of transgender athletes and their extraordinary body self-narratives. I review sport policies and the enforcement of the woman’s and man’s categor...

Transgender People and Education by Clare Bartholomaeus and Damien W. Riggs is a comprehensive publication that both informs and educates readers about the lives of transgender people engaging in school systems. Well-articulated, very accessible and on many levels, highly practical, the book is an invaluable resource for anyone researching or teaching about gender diversities. Although focused mainly on research from Australia, the authors also draw on findings from further afield, enhancing the relevance of the content to an international audience. The introduction highlights upfront, the cur...

Responding to a critical need for greater perspectives on transgender life in the United States, Genny Beemyn and Susan (Sue) Rankin apply their extensive expertise to a groundbreaking survey--one of the largest ever conducted in the U.S.--on gender development and identity-making among transsexual women, transsexual men, crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. With nearly 3,500 participants, the survey is remarkably diverse, and with more than 400 follow-up interviews, the data offers limitless opportunities for research and interpretation. Beemyn and Rankin track the formation of gender ...