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Doing and Negotiating Transgender on the Front Line

Customer Abuse, Transphobia and Stigma in the Food Retail Sector

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2374489
AutoresAnastasios Hadjisolomou (0000-0002-1993-8715, University of Strathclyde, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen35
Número5
Páginas979-988
Fecha de publicación2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017020977331
OpenAlexW3094905749
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas15

Despite growing research on LGBT+ populations, few studies have examined transgender individuals' specific workplace experiences, whose voice is often subsumed in a wider category. This article presents the story of Kathrine, a female transgender food retail worker, and discusses the abusive, discriminatory and transphobic behaviour of customers, which has received limited attention in the sociology of service work literature. The article reveals the stigmatization of transgender employees by customers, which is expressed through micro-aggressions, such as mis-gendering, mocking and harassing, and is often neglected and/or tolerated by management. Kathrine discusses the coping strategies she utilizes to reduce the negative consequences of the stigma, and to negotiate and protect her gender identity. These include confronting and/or refusing to serve transphobic customers, reflecting her resilience towards discrimination and abuse. The article calls for further research to understand transgender service employees' experiences and the complexity and diversity of coping strategies used by stigmatized workers

Coping (psychology · Front line · Negotiation · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Transgender · Transphobia · Clinical Psychology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Obras citantes distintas7
Citas por año2,33
Intervalo de citas2023 - 2026 (4)
Velocidad de citacióncurrent
Altamente citadoNo
Tipos de citaNeutras: 7
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