“Trans Enough?” The Pressures Trans Men Negotiate in Higher Education

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dc.contributor.authorCatalano, D. Chase J.en
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-22T16:19:50Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-22T16:19:50Zen
dc.date.issued2015-08en
dc.date.updated2020-01-22T16:19:47Zen
dc.description.abstractDespite increasing attention on issues raised by trans students in higher education, almost no empirical research has examined the identities and experiences of trans students as a group, or of specific subsets of trans students. In this article, I draw on interviews with twenty-five trans-male undergraduate students to explore how their experiences of coming to understand their gender identities are shaped by their experiences in higher education. I show how participants’ concerns about being “trans enough” highlight contradictions within identity discourses of and about trans men, and how their narratives often rely on a medical model or “wrong body” discourse, even while students critique that model. Participants described expending significant energy navigating conflicting demands from other trans men, from other peers, and from their undergraduate institutions, in ways that often overshadowed their own desires and internal senses of identity. Institutions should support further research to explore the experiences and needs of trans men and other trans students, while implementing known best practices to become more trans-inclusive campuses.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 411-430en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-2926399en
dc.identifier.eissn2328-9260en
dc.identifier.issn2328-9252en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.orcidCatalano, D Chase [0000-0002-1674-4448]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96541en
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDuke University Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.title“Trans Enough?” The Pressures Trans Men Negotiate in Higher Educationen
dc.title.serialTSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterlyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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