What Has Kept Me Alive

Transgender Communities and Support

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3612909
AutoresRosalind Kichler (University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen69
Número14
Páginas2463-2482
Fecha de publicación2022-12-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2021.1943277
PMID34264806
OpenAlexW3178844288
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas44

Transgender (trans) people in the United States experience staggering marginalization. To survive, trans people turn to their communities for support. In this study, I use in-depth interviews with 10 trans people living in "Townsville" to explore the social support trans and LGBTQ communities provide to trans members. What types of support are available? How does this support enable survival? How do differences in communities influence support? I found four types of support: emotional, institutional, bodily, and financial. The focus and composition of communities determined the types of support provided, and communities were divided based on gender and class. By concentrating on the contexts in which support occurs, my study adds to trans studies and sexualities scholarship concerned with how local trans and LGBTQ communities are experienced

Emotional support · Focus group · Human sexuality · Political science · Scholarship · Social support · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology