Towards a "transitioning": Biographical clues on gender transition, malaise, and health services in Chile
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We analyze how the interactions be-tween the trans population and the Chilean healthcare system shape specific processes of mal-aise associated with gender transition ("tran-sito de genero"). Adopting psychoanalytic and transfeminist conceptual approaches, as well as a biographical methodology, we examine autobi-ographical narratives of three trans subjects. We discuss three topics: childhood as a critical peri-od for gender transition and malaise; the role of institutions; and the ways through which subjects manage malaise. We argue that trans subjects face specific sociocultural conditions that lead to unique processes of malaise associated with gen-der transition. We show how politicization and the construction of an institutional framework, bodily aesthetical modifications, and the self-ad-ministration of medical knowledge emerge as some of the paths to navigate the gender transi-tion process. Besides, we foreground the notion of "transitioning" ("transicionar") by considering the criticism voiced by the participants. By using this notion, they interrogate the rigidity and psy-chopathologization of identity that is implicitly present in the notion of gender transition, as well as they enrich the transfeminist discourse in favor of their agency/autonomy.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Ciencia e Saude Coletiva |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 243-252 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 1413-8123 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2022 |
- Healthcare system, Mental health, Transgender, Psychic suffering, Personal narratives
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