Growth into manhood: identity development among female-to-male transgender youth.
Cult Health Sex
; 14(2): 209-22, 2012.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22118514
ABSTRACT
This study aims to understand the process by which female-to-male transgender young people come to identify as transgender through in-depth interviews with 13 self-identified female-to-male transgender youth. A grounded theory was created of the process that young people go through in coming to identify as transgender. We identified three stages (1) a growing sense of gender school, puberty, sexuality and exposure to diverse gender options impact upon each young person's sense of his own gender; (2) recognition of transgender identity a young person experiences a growing sense of discomfort with his female birth gender and comes to recognise himself as transgender; and (3) social adjustment after becoming aware of himself as transgender, a young person adapts to life as a male. Although individual experiences may vary, understanding the typical trajectory of the female-to-male transgender experience can help inform appropriate health care and support services.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autoimagem
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Transexualidade
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Identidade de Gênero
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cult Health Sex
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
/
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos