A point of reference

The Insider/Outsider Research Staircase and Transgender People's Experiences of Participating in Trans-Led Research

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2404089
AutoresShoshana Rosenberg (0000-0001-7265-508X, Curtin University, autor de correspondencia), P J Matt Tilley (Curtin University)
Año2021
Volumen21
Número6
Páginas923-938
Fecha de publicación2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794120965371
OpenAlexW3094371196
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas51

Transgender (heretofore shortened to 'trans') people remain largely excluded from involvement and leadership in the research conducted with their communities. As a result, few trans insiders (i.e. trans people who are also researchers) are ever in the position of designing, conducting, and disseminating knowledge from trans research. As such, social narratives of trans experiences are often inaccurate, lacking nuance, or directly damaging. This paper argues that insider-outsider IO research exists on a value 'staircase', moving from no involvement to full leadership. Using this staircase model, the researchers suggest that elevating and empowering trans people to consult in, conduct, and lead trans research benefits both the trans and research communities. Meaningful trans involvement in research provides more in-depth data, builds more constructive rapport with community members, and produces more effective research than the norm of purely outsider research in the field. The paper then details the results from a study of 6 trans women's experience of undergoing IO-led trans research, with Shoshana as the main researcher and interviewer. The study identified three main themes: 'The Impact of Trans-Led Research,' 'Constructive Approaches to the Research Process,' and 'Community-Controlled Narratives as a Priority'. This paper concludes that IO-led research facilitates an empowering research process for participants, communities, and researchers, and that future research in the area should consider trans representation and control as a priority

Constructive · Epistemology · Insider · Interview · Liminality · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Reflexivity · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Computer Science · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology