Gender Variance

There is a growing interest in the co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and gender dysphoria (GD). Research has shown that people with ASD show more gender variance than people without ASD. Due to the difficulties associated with ASD (limited social skills, problems in information processing and difficulty with change), regular GD treatment does not seem to be adequately equipped for this specific group. In this study we want to gain insight into the clinical needs of adolescents with ASD and GD and their parents. We are conducting a pilot study to the effects of a specific peer support group for adolescents with ASD and GD on quality of life. A pre-posttest design is used. Prior to the start of the support group, during each meeting and at the end of the support group, the adolescents fill out several short questionnaires. The ASD and Gender support group consists of nine monthly meetings for the adolescents, covering topics such as autism and gender-related needs, psychoeducation on medical interventions, environmental factors, gender expression and practicing gender presentation skills. Simultaneously, parents can follow the parent meetings. Currently, three rounds of the peer support group have started (each round with about 10-12 adolescents).

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‘'Sex Changes'? Paradigm Shifts in ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’ following the Gender Recognition Act?’

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.1511 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 75-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Stephen Whittle ◽

Lewis Turner

Keyword(s):

Sex Change ◽

Gender Recognition ◽

Sex And Gender ◽

Gender Variance ◽

Paradigm Shifts ◽

History Of ◽

And Gender ◽

The Individual ◽

The Uk ◽

Legal Understanding

Gender transformations are normatively understood as somatic, based on surgical reassignment, where the sexed body is aligned with the gender identity of the individual through genital surgery – hence the common lexicon ‘sex change surgery’. We suggest that the UK Gender Recognition Act 2004 challenges what constitutes a ‘sex change’ through the Act's definitions and also the conditions within which legal ‘recognition’ is permitted. The sex/gender distinction, (where sex normatively refers to the sexed body, and gender, to social identity) is demobilised both literally and legally. This paper discusses the history of medico-socio-legal definitions of sex have been developed through decision making processes when courts have been faced with people with gender variance and, in particular, the implications of the Gender Recognition Act for our contemporary legal understanding of sex. We ask, and attempt to answer, has ‘sex’ changed?

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Lecture by Jack Halberstam: “Trans*: Bodies, Gender Variance and Power”

Transatlantica ◽

10.4000/transatlantica.8286 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Sophie Chapuis

Keyword(s):

Gender Variance

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Situating Intersectionality ◽

10.1057/9781137025135.0010 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Ryan Combs

Keyword(s):

Gender Variance

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Gender Variant Children and Institutional Arrangements: Exploring the Phenomenon from South Asian Perspective

South Asian Survey ◽

10.1177/0971523120947088 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 141-157

Author(s):

Kusha Tiwari

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Peer Group ◽

Gender Diversity ◽

Institutional Arrangements ◽

Sample Survey ◽

Gender Variance ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Gender Variant ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative Methods

This paper explores and assesses the presence/absence of institutional arrangements in educational settings for addressing the concerns of gender-variant children (GVC) through a sample survey of schools in the three-country context of India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. This research highlights the need for effective regulatory, normative and cognitive structures to address issues of childhood gender variance. With a contextual analysis of recent developments and comprehensive study of data reports in the three countries, the study analyses multiple dimensions of discrimination and bullying of GVC in educational settings. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, this paper highlights causes and issues associated with the problems of GVC as well as affirmative actions and institutional practices required to be implemented in schools in the three-country context. The results and findings provide evidence that academic institutions in India, Sri Lanka and, to some extent, Nepal lack institutional mechanisms to address issues of homophobia, abuse by peer group, mental health issues, emotional challenges, social discrimination, lack of opportunities, lack of monitoring and counselling, micro-level engagements and high dropouts of GVC. This study also charts out futuristic agenda, such as comprehensive mapping of GVC in schools, implementation of effective counselling mechanism, the need to create and adopt basic reference module for educators around gender diversity and variance.

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Nursing Care for the transgender population: genders from the perspective of professional practice

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0644 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 72 (suppl 1) ◽

pp. 299-306 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Danilo Fagundes Rosa ◽

Marcos Vinícius de Freitas Carvalho ◽

Nayla Rodrigues Pereira ◽

Natalia Tenore Rocha ◽

Vanessa Ribeiro Neves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Professional Practice ◽

Nursing Care ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Scientific Production ◽

Health Policies ◽

Gender Variance ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Transgender People ◽

Public Health Policies ◽

Health Demands

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and analyze the national and international scientific production on Nursing care for the transgender or gender-variance population. Method: Integrative review of the literature, conducted throughout the Virtual Health Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Public Medline and Web of Science databases, without pre-established periods of time and using the descriptors "Transgender AND ‘Nursing Assistance'" and "Transgender AND ‘Nursing care'". Results: We included 11 articles, published between 2005 and 2016, broadly North American with only one Brazilian, so categorized: I- Fragility in the care of transgender people; II - Health of the transgender population: general and specific demands; III- Public health policies for transgender people. Transgender people have not found yet answers to their health demands; they are victims of prejudices and violence in services and seek care in extreme cases of sickness. Final considerations: Understanding their needs is primordial to build knowledge and practices that support nursing care.

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