Stigma, identity and support in social relationships of transgender people throughout transition: A qualitative analysis of multiple perspectives
dc.contributor.author | Lewis, TOG | |
dc.contributor.author | Barreto, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Doyle, DM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-01T13:11:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-06-28 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-06-01T10:37:50Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Supportive social relationships are vital for health and well-being as they serve to ameliorate stress and therefore reduce the likelihood of suffering from disease across the life course. This social support could be more essential for transgender people, who experience unique social stress due to their marginalized status. The current study compared and contrasted the experiential accounts of transgender people, their relational partners and gender service providers using a thematic phenomenological methodology across a series of focus groups and interviews. In total, there were 17 participants across 3 focus groups (8 transgender people, 6 relational partners, and 3 service providers) and 9 participants in the interviews (3 transgender people, 3 relational partners and 3 service providers). Four overarching themes were identified: (1) Coming out and identity management, (2) Reciprocal support in relationships, (3) Social transition and gender identity affirmation, (4) Experiences in the LGBTQ+ community. Issues of stigma, identity, and support were present throughout all the themes. Receiving gender identity affirmation from supportive relational partners was essential for transgender people, while external support was highlighted as something relational partners needed (but did not often seek). This research has implications for understanding how transgender people and their relational partners support one another when facing stress and stigma. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Devon Partnership NHS Trust | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Wellcome Trust | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 28 June 2022 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/josi.12521 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129814 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-6973-7233 (Barreto, Manuela) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley / Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Social Issues published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.title | Stigma, identity and support in social relationships of transgender people throughout transition: A qualitative analysis of multiple perspectives | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-01T13:11:25Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1540-4560 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Social Issues | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-05-31 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-05-31 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-06-01T10:37:54Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-07-05T13:13:56Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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