"There's Still Time to be Happy": The Life Trajectories of Portuguese Transgender Women Who Transitioned at 50+ Years.

IF 2.2 Q1 NURSING Global Qualitative Nursing Research Pub Date : 2024-04-18 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/23333936241236292
Rita Carvalho, João Tavares, Tatiana Casado, Liliana Sousa, Sara Guerra
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The process of transitioning involves making changes to align one's life with their authentic gender identity. This study explores the life trajectories of three Portuguese transgender women who transitioned later in life (50+ years old) by identifying key chapters in their life courses. Through inductive thematic analysis, six chapters were identified from the participants' interviews: (1) awareness of "something different in me," (2) locked into suffering, (3) finding comfort in something that is socially recognized, (4) "it is enough": it is time to recognize and embrace the woman I am, (5) living my life as a woman, and (6) building and leaving a legacy. Aging and the process of self-discovery played pivotal roles in participants' process of transitioning. The perception of finitude and the limitations associated with the time of life led them to realize that there was no time to waste and a sense of urgency to live authentically.

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"还有时间快乐":葡萄牙 50 岁以上变性妇女的人生轨迹。
变性的过程包括做出改变,使自己的生活符合真实的性别身份。本研究通过确定三位葡萄牙变性女性人生历程中的关键章节,探索了她们晚年(50 岁以上)变性后的人生轨迹。通过归纳式主题分析,从参与者的访谈中确定了六个篇章:(1)意识到 "我与众不同";(2)陷入痛苦;(3)在社会认可的事物中寻找慰藉;(4)"够了":是时候承认并拥抱我是一个女人了;(5)作为一个女人生活;以及(6)建立并留下遗产。衰老和自我发现的过程在参与者的转变过程中起着至关重要的作用。对生命有限性的认识以及与生命时间相关的局限性使她们认识到没有时间可以浪费,并对真实地生活产生了紧迫感。
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期刊介绍: Global Qualitative Nursing Research (GQNR) is a ground breaking, international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on qualitative research in fields relevant to nursing and other health professionals world-wide. The journal specializes in topics related to nursing practice, responses to health and illness, health promotion, and health care delivery. GQNR will publish research articles using qualitative methods and qualitatively-driven mixed-method designs as well as meta-syntheses and articles focused on methodological development. Special sections include Ethics, Methodological Development, Advancing Theory/Metasynthesis, Establishing Evidence, and Application to Practice.
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