How Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth Cope with Oppression: Making Sense of Experiences and Resiliency Factors. Issue 1 (1st February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saltis, Michelle N.; Critchlow, Claire; Fulling-Smith, Jennifer
• Is Part Of: Journal of LGBTQ issues in counseling. Volume 17:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 2
• Page End: 21
• Publication Date: 2023-02-01
• Subjects: Gender expansive -- gender identity -- interpretative phenomenological analysis -- resiliency -- transgender -- youth; Gays -- Counseling of; Lesbians -- Counseling of; Bisexuals -- Counseling of; Cross-dressers; Transgender people; Counseling; Sexual minority community; Periodicals; 158.30866
• DOI: 10.1080/26924951.2022.2093308
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2692-4951

Abstract

Abstract: This manuscript is a part of a four-manuscript series that shares the findings from the first known Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study on how transgender and/or gender expansive youth (TGEY) experienced their gender identities and additional intersecting identities within the context of current political, social, cultural, and historical factors. This manuscript explores the resiliency and meaning-making factors of TGEY. Data was collected through two 60–90-minute semi-structured interviews. Within this overarching theme of resiliency factors, two sub-themes emerged that focused on the participants' creativity, and the ways they engaged in activism and education.