a Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine and Umeå Centre for Gender Studies , Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden.
b Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine , Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden.
Cult Health Sex. 2019 Aug;21(8):914-928. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1527038. Epub 2019 Jan 2.
Lack of safe space has been connected to ill health among people with trans experiences. This study analyses trans people's experiences of being in public, semi-public and community spaces using the analytical concept of safety/unsafety in relation to perceived health. The analytic framework draws on the concepts of cisgenderism, orientation, lines and comfort. The material analysed consisted of 18 individual interviews with people with trans experiences, which were analysed using constructivist thematic analysis. The analysis resulted in the identification of three themes: straightening devices creating limited living space, orienting oneself in (cis)gendered spaces and creating safer (?) community spaces for healing. Experiences of unsafety ranged from incidents and fear of different kinds of violence in public and semi-public spaces to the lack of a transpolitically informed agenda in, for example, feminist spaces. Safer spaces helped participants to feel a sense of belonging, to share their experiences and to heal. Experiences of unsafety and discomfort are important as they will help us to understand the health situations of people with trans experiences. It is important to facilitate the creation of safer spaces to improve the health of members of this group.
缺乏安全空间与跨性别者的健康问题有关。本研究使用与感知健康相关的安全/不安全的分析概念，分析了跨性别者在公共、半公共和社区空间中的体验。分析框架借鉴了顺性别主义、取向、线条和舒适的概念。分析的材料包括 18 名具有跨性别经历的人的个人访谈，这些访谈使用建构主义主题分析进行了分析。分析结果确定了三个主题：矫正装置创造了有限的生活空间，在（顺性别）性别空间中定位自己，为治疗创造更安全（？）的社区空间。不安全的体验范围从公共和半公共空间中不同类型的暴力事件和恐惧，到例如女权主义空间中缺乏跨政治知情议程。更安全的空间帮助参与者感受到归属感，分享他们的经验并治愈。不安全和不适的体验很重要，因为它们将帮助我们了解跨性别者的健康状况。促进更安全空间的创建对于改善该群体成员的健康状况非常重要。
