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Titel
Transgender Identities, Pressures, and Social Policy: A Study Carried Out in Spain
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Schlagwort
Transgender
Sexuality
Spanish
Stigma
Heteronormativity
Pressures
Relationships
Fecha de publicación
2018
Resumen
This article draws on a qualitative research project concerning
the relationship between trans people’s mental health and
wellbeing, pressures, social policy, and heteronormative gender
norms in Spain. Drawing on interviews carried out with
trans people from all regions and generations, we use an
ecological framework to illustrate how a socially entrenched
heteronormativity pressures trans people to comply with gender
norms that impact negatively their mental health and
wellbeing. The article argues that the legal changes in Spain
are not enough in themselves to bring about social change,
but, rather, Spanish social policy makers also need to challenge
gender categorization and work toward transforming public
discourses on gender issues if trans people are to gain full
social recognition and equal social rights.
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0091-8369
DOI
10.1080/00918369.2018.1550330
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