"A little shiny gender breakthrough": Community understandings of gender euphoria.
Gender dysphoria
LGBTQ
gender euphoria
positive psychology
qualitative survey
transgender
Journal
International journal of transgender health
ISSN: 2689-5277
Titre abrégé: Int J Transgend Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101765532
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
entrez:
8
7
2022
pubmed:
3
5
2021
medline:
3
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Gender euphoria is an important experience and concept for many, especially transgender and/or nonbinary individuals, but has not received much attention from psychological and clinical research. In contrast to gender We aimed to better understand how trans community members and others conceptualize the term "gender euphoria," including its relationship to gender dysphoria, as well as the contexts and behaviors that elicit gender euphoria. We administered an online qualitative survey to participants ( Analyses resulted in five themes: (1) gender euphoria describes a joyful feeling of rightness in one's gender/sex, (2) gender euphoric experiences can be external, internal, and/or social, (3) "gender euphoria" originated in and circulates in online and in-person gender/sex minority communities, (4) dysphoria describes a negative feeling of conflict between gender/sexed aspects of one's self, and (5) the relationship between euphoria and dysphoria is complex. These results can inform qualitative and quantitative research, gender affirmative clinical practice, political fights for transgender rights, and understandings of gendered experiences for people of all identities.
Sections du résumé
Background
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Gender euphoria is an important experience and concept for many, especially transgender and/or nonbinary individuals, but has not received much attention from psychological and clinical research. In contrast to gender
Aim
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We aimed to better understand how trans community members and others conceptualize the term "gender euphoria," including its relationship to gender dysphoria, as well as the contexts and behaviors that elicit gender euphoria.
Method
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We administered an online qualitative survey to participants (
Results
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Analyses resulted in five themes: (1) gender euphoria describes a joyful feeling of rightness in one's gender/sex, (2) gender euphoric experiences can be external, internal, and/or social, (3) "gender euphoria" originated in and circulates in online and in-person gender/sex minority communities, (4) dysphoria describes a negative feeling of conflict between gender/sexed aspects of one's self, and (5) the relationship between euphoria and dysphoria is complex.
Discussion
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These results can inform qualitative and quantitative research, gender affirmative clinical practice, political fights for transgender rights, and understandings of gendered experiences for people of all identities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35799953
doi: 10.1080/26895269.2021.1915223
pii: 1915223
pmc: PMC9255216
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
274-294Informations de copyright
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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