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Affirming and negotiating gender in family and social spaces: Stigma, mental health and resilience among transmasculine people in India
Culture, health & sexuality, v 24(7), pp 951-967
01 Jul 2022
PMID: 33847243
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Abstract
Research on transmasculine people's health is scant globally, including in India. We explored transmasculine people's experiences in affirming their gender in family and social spaces, and how those experiences impact mental health. In 2019, we conducted four focus groups (n = 17 participants) and 10 in-depth interviews with transmasculine people in Mumbai and Chennai. Data analyses were guided by minority stress theory and the gender affirmation model. Within family, the pressure to conform to assigned gender roles and gender policing usually began in adolescence and increased over time. Some participants left parental homes due to violence. In educational settings, participants described the enforcement of gender-normative dress codes, lack of faculty support, and bullying victimisation, which led some to quit schooling. In the workplace, experiences varied depending on whether participants were visibly trans or had an incongruence between their identity documents and gender identity. Everyday discrimination experiences in diverse settings contributed to psychological distress. Amidst these challenges, participants reported resilience strategies, including self-acceptance, connecting with peers, strategic (non)disclosure, and circumventing gendered restrictions on dress and behaviour. Interventions at social-structural, institutional, family and individual levels are needed to reduce stigma and discrimination faced by transmasculine people in India and to promote their mental health.
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- Title
- Affirming and negotiating gender in family and social spaces: Stigma, mental health and resilience among transmasculine people in India
- Creators
- Venkatesan Chakrapani - Humsafar TrustAyden Scheim - Drexel UniversityPeter A. Newman - University of TorontoMurali Shunmugam - Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and PolicyShruta Rawat - Humsafar TrustDicky Baruah - Humsafar TrustAakanksha Bhatter - Humsafar TrustRuban Nelson - Humsafar TrustA. Jaya - SahodaranManmeet Kaur - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
- Publication Details
- Culture, health & sexuality, v 24(7), pp 951-967
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- IA/CPHS/16/1/502667 / DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior Fellowship Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 895-2019-1020 / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (MFARR-Asia)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000639776100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85104560590
- Other Identifier
- 991020100061104721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Social Sciences, Biomedical