Centre for Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 27;19(1):267. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010267.
This study aims to analyze biopsychomedical interventions with transgender people. For this purpose, we carried out 35 semi-structured interviews with people who self-identify as transsexuals and transvestites in Brazil and Portugal. The responses of the study participants were systematized according to a thematic analysis, which led to the emergence of the following three main themes: "institutional power", "expectations of trans-bodies", and "experiences in health services". This study demonstrates how some trans people perform bodily modifications to fight the transphobia they experience throughout their lives. In addition, they believe that, by making their bodies conform to each other, they may become more attractive and desirable. The process of cisnormativity is, furthermore, conveyed by the idea present in the answers of some respondents: that having "integrated" bodies means facing less discrimination and that they will, therefore, obtain more satisfactory ways of personally and socially experiencing their identities. This study contributes to a deepening critical reflection on the experiences/exclusions of trans people, especially in the psychomedical context of "normalization" devices. Hence, just as social structures produce and sustain transphobia, the same structures are responsible for combating it.
本研究旨在分析跨性别者的生物心理医学干预措施。为此，我们在巴西和葡萄牙对 35 名自认为是易性者和异装癖者的人进行了半结构化访谈。研究参与者的回复根据主题分析进行了系统化，这导致了以下三个主要主题的出现：“机构权力”、“跨性别身体的期望”和“在卫生服务中的体验”。本研究表明，一些跨性别者如何通过进行身体改造来对抗他们一生中所经历的跨性别恐惧症。此外，他们认为，通过使自己的身体相互协调，他们可能会变得更有吸引力和更受欢迎。顺性别规范的过程还体现在一些受访者回答中的一个观点中：拥有“整合”的身体意味着面临较少的歧视，因此，他们将获得更满意的方式来个人和社会地体验自己的身份。本研究有助于对跨性别者的经历/排斥进行更深入的批判性反思，特别是在“正常化”手段的心理医学背景下。因此，正如社会结构产生和维持跨性别恐惧症一样，同样的结构也负责与之作斗争。
