The politics of gender transitioning in Italy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19001046
AutoresEleonora Garosi (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume17
Fascículo4
Páginas465-478
Data de publicação2012-09-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoModern Italy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1353-2944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9877
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/13532944.2012.706998
OpenAlexW2034438935
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas19

In Western societies the sex–gender binary informs individual experiences of gender transitioning. As with every passage of status, gender transition is regulated by formal and social norms aimed at re-establishing the ‘proper’ correspondence between sex and gender. In Italy, national legislation regulates the formal process of transforming one's gender, identifying medical science as the ‘proper’ social authority to manage gender transitioning in society. Only trans people who conform to social standards of sexual ‘normality’ are allowed to officially change their gender. However, in everyday life, alternative modes of gender transitioning exist and constitute a solid foundation to claim formal recognition by the State. This study is based on a qualitative sociological investigation of the process of gender transitioning in Italy that was carried out in Turin between 2008 and 2010

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