Contested Citizenship

Renaming Processes among People of Transgender Experience

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3642015
AutoresTre Wentling (Women‘s & Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen67
Número12
Páginas1653-1674
Fecha de publicación2020-10-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2019.1610634
PMID31081477
OpenAlexW2945956484
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas33

Scholars have illustrated the significance of forenames in processes of social identity and personhood, yet little attention has focused on the relationship between names and gender identity among people of transgender experience. This article uses mixed methods to consider what's in a name among people of transgender experience whose gender identities are within and outside of the gender binary. Chi-square analyses demonstrate a robust association between gender identity and gendered characteristics of the current name. While there are nuanced differences according to gender identity, renaming is fundamental to recognition and an important cultural practice for all people of transgender experience. Names are also controllable state objects, which pose tensions between administrative governance and the individual, who has the right to legally amend them. Ultimately, transgender name stories reveal the ways that names become active sites of contested citizenship

Citizenship · Gender identity · Identity (music · Personhood · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Transgender · Transgender people · Gender Studies · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Psychology · Social Psychology