What Has Kept Me Alive

Transgender Communities and Support

Bibliographic Data

ID3612909
AuthorsRosalind Kichler (University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume69
Issue14
Pages2463-2482
Publication date2022-12-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2021.1943277
PMID34264806
OpenAlexW3178844288
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited44

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