Book chapter
BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS: Examining the Stresses That Impact Transgender Students’ Collegiate Transitions
Square Pegs and Round Holes: Alternative Approaches to Diverse College Student Development Theory, pp 224-239
01 Jan 2023
Abstract
This chapter uses research-based data to discuss the experiences of transgender college students and their ongoing challenges with Breaking Through Barriers within institutions of higher education. It examines how transgender students navigated their college experiences, especially their first year or their first year out as a transgender student, and how gender identity played a role in their college transition to the campus community. The chapter seeks to examine the lived experiences of transgender college students and how breaking through barriers was an essential part of their collegiate experience. As students navigate their gender identity and continue “coming out” as transgender on college campuses, it is beneficial to incorporate theories to assist in framing the stories and experiences of these students. This conceptual framework, composed of transition theory, minority stress theory, and academic and social integration theory, examined all three theories in depth to assist in our understanding of how transgender students experience their college transition.
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- Title
- BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS: Examining the Stresses That Impact Transgender Students’ Collegiate Transitions
- Creators
- Christy Heaton - University of Colorado DenverAlonzo M. Flower - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Square Pegs and Round Holes: Alternative Approaches to Diverse College Student Development Theory, pp 224-239
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 16
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85166072830
- Other Identifier
- 991022207163704721