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TRANSMASCULINITY AND QUEER THEORY: BODY EXPERIENCE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD

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Author(s):
Raul Gomes de Almeida [1] ; Manoel Antônio dos Santos [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
[2] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Psicologia & Sociedade; v. 33, 2021-12-20.
Abstract

Abstract Considering the pathologizing and biologizing discourse that have been incisively fallen on transgender people and bodies, and assuming that gender identity is socially constructed, this study aims to investigate the bodily experience of a trans man (FtM) from childhood to adulthood. Data were collected through individual application of successive semi-structured individual interviews with a transman and his mother. The transcribed material was organized as a case study and analyzed based on queer studies. The results indicate that the body experience is crossed by heteronormative discourse from an early age. The passage through the transsexualizing process gradually allows the transgender man to access the hegemonic and humanizing possibilities of gender constructions, performing the fictitious relationship between sex and gender and moving away from the place of abjection relegated to transsexuality in heteronormative culture. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 16/16895-5 - Dissidents bodies: experiences of transsexual people from childhood to life adult
Grantee:Raul Gomes de Almeida
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation