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The meaning of the lived experience of transsexual individuals Meredith, Leah
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how transsexual individuals who lived their lives as the sex other than that to which they were born made sense of their lives. The lived experience of transsexual people is currently lacking in the literature. This study has begun to fill that gap in an attempt to provide transsexual individuals with a voice. A phenomenological research method was employed to pull out the major themes of the interviews. The interviews consisted of six participants; three male to female transsexuals and three female to male. All of the participants lived their lives as the sex other than that to which they were born. Some had completley transitioned, while others were in the beginning stages. The transcribed data were analyzed using the Stevick- Colaizzi-Keen method, modified by Moustakas (1994). Twenty themes were extracted that fell into four categories including the decision to act, relationships with others, relationship with their bodies and relationship with themselves. Themes that were experienced were an imperative to change, fraudulent feelings with regards to relationships with others, a sense of disconnection with their bodies before their transitions and a sense of relaxation following their transition. The common themes that were extcracted were returned to the participants for validation. The meaning of the lived experience of transsexual individuals is one that has had little discussion in the literature. Because of this lack, the participants in this study were anxious to tell their stories to help those who will come along behind them as well as those in helping professions. Implications for counselling and for further research were included in the discussion section.
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The meaning of the lived experience of transsexual individuals
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University of British Columbia
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2000
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| Description |
The purpose of this study was to examine how transsexual individuals who lived
their lives as the sex other than that to which they were born made sense of their lives.
The lived experience of transsexual people is currently lacking in the literature. This
study has begun to fill that gap in an attempt to provide transsexual individuals with a
voice. A phenomenological research method was employed to pull out the major themes
of the interviews.
The interviews consisted of six participants; three male to female
transsexuals and three female to male. All of the participants lived their lives as the sex
other than that to which they were born. Some had completley transitioned, while others
were in the beginning stages. The transcribed data were analyzed using the Stevick-
Colaizzi-Keen method, modified by Moustakas (1994). Twenty themes were extracted
that fell into four categories including the decision to act, relationships with others,
relationship with their bodies and relationship with themselves. Themes that were
experienced were an imperative to change, fraudulent feelings with regards to
relationships with others, a sense of disconnection with their bodies before their
transitions and a sense of relaxation following their transition. The common themes that
were extcracted were returned to the participants for validation.
The meaning of the lived experience of transsexual individuals is one that has had
little discussion in the literature. Because of this lack, the participants in this study were
anxious to tell their stories to help those who will come along behind them as well as
those in helping professions. Implications for counselling and for further research were
included in the discussion section.
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eng
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2009-07-08
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0089454
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University of British Columbia
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2000-05
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Graduate
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