"Only 2 Genders": Implications of Virtual Transphobia for Transgender Mental Health

Autor/inn/en	Vargas, Jacob E.; Farquhar-Leicester, Alexander
Titel	"Only 2 Genders": Implications of Virtual Transphobia for Transgender Mental Health
Quelle	In: Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 17 (2023) 1, S.77-98 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-3308
Schlagwörter	LGBTQ People; Social Bias; Mental Health; Mass Media Effects; Language Usage; Sexual Identity; Stress Variables; Legislation; Environmental Influences; Cultural Influences; Gender Issues; Mental Disorders; Bullying; Violence; Child Abuse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Sprachgebrauch; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Gesetzgebungslehre; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Geschlechterfrage; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Mobbing; Gewalt; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse (TGD) people face prejudice, which is associated with psychological distress. Guided by critical theory, in the present study we sought to identify arguments used to delegitimize TGD identities online and evaluate their contribution to TGD oppression in an American context. We conducted a thematic analysis of 495 transphobic comments on TGD-related articles obtained from Fox News, Buzzfeed, and The Hill websites. A commenter exhibited anti-TGD prejudice if they used language expressing negative affect (e.g., aversion) toward TGD people. Thematic analysis revealed 11 prejudicial themes: gender essentialism, psychological instability, put-downs, TGD as a social phenomenon, TGD as a social burden, other divergent themes, TGD as unscientific, transition as mutilation, equating TGD with other concepts, childhood transition as abuse, and TGD people are dangerous. We identify implications for the mental health of TGD people. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01