“I Was Losing That Sense of Her Being Happy”—Trans Children and Delaying Social Transition

IF 1.4 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY LGBTQ Family-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-23 DOI:10.1080/27703371.2022.2076002
C. Horton
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Within transgender children’s healthcare there are two competing paradigms on appropriate support for pre-pubertal trans children, ‘affirmation’ and ‘delayed transition’. Parents of trans children accordingly face conflicting advice on the appropriate timing of ‘social transition’, where social transition connotes external acceptance and affirmation of a child’s identity. This innovative research brings experience-based insights from 30 UK-based parents (93% female), who supported 30 trans children to socially transition at an average age of seven years old (range 3–10 years old). Data were analyzed through inductive reflexive thematic analysis to understand interviewee experiences and perceptions related to the timing of social transi- tion. Analysis highlights two broad themes; firstly, the influence of cisnormativity on delay, with parents revealing deeply embedded resistance to trans possibilities. Secondly, parental perception of delays causing distress, even in families who may be considered affirming. The study reinforces existing research on the importance of affirmation and family support. The study also highlights the support parents may need to overcome cisnor- mative barriers to supportiveness, and the distress, frustration and trauma that trans children may experience, even within affirming families.
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“我正在失去她快乐的感觉”——变性儿童和延迟社会转型
在跨性别儿童的医疗保健中,对青春期前跨性别儿童的适当支持有两种相互竞争的范式,“肯定”和“延迟过渡”。因此,跨性别儿童的父母在“社会转型”的适当时机上面临着相互矛盾的建议,因为社会转型意味着外界对孩子身份的接受和肯定。这项创新研究从30位英国父母(93%为女性)那里获得了基于经验的见解,他们支持30名平均年龄为7岁(3-10岁)的变性儿童进行社会转型。通过归纳反身性主题分析来分析数据,以了解受访者对社会转型时间的体验和感知。分析突出了两大主题;首先,顺规范性对延迟的影响,父母表现出对跨性别可能性的根深蒂固的抵制。其次,父母对造成痛苦的延迟的看法,即使在可能被认为是肯定的家庭中也是如此。该研究强化了现有的关于肯定和家庭支持重要性的研究。该研究还强调了父母可能需要的支持,以克服支持的障碍,以及跨性别儿童可能经历的痛苦、挫折和创伤,即使是在肯定的家庭中。
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