The Lives of Transgender People
The Lives of Transgender People
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变性人的生活
DOI：
10.5860/choice.49-5976
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发表时间：
2011
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Susan R Rankin
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作者：
G. Beemyn;Susan R Rankin
为了回应对美国跨性别生活的更大视角的迫切需求，Genny Beemyn和Susan (Sue) Rankin运用她们广泛的专业知识进行了一项开创性的调查——这是美国有史以来规模最大的调查之一——关于变性女性、变性男性、变装者和性别酷儿个体的性别发展和身份形成。该调查有近3500名参与者，非常多样化，并进行了400多次后续访谈，数据为研究和解释提供了无限的机会。Beemyn和Rankin追踪了个人和群体性别认同的形成，从童年开始，并标记了导致参与者认同为跨性别者的“试金石”。他们探讨了参与者在何时以及如何注意到由于他们的性别而产生的差异感，导致他们对自己的性别身份感到不确定的问题，鼓励他们接受变性身份的因素，以及他们采取了哪些步骤来结识其他变性人。Beemyn和Rankin的研究结果揭示了美国参与者所经历的各种歧视和骚扰，以及生活在秘密和恐惧中的心理代价。他们发现，尽管公众对跨性别者的认识越来越多，权利运动也越来越多，但这些人群仍然面临偏见、暴力以及社会和经济权利的剥夺。《跨性别者的生活》一书以实证数据为基础，又有丰富的人类证词，为这一主题的文献增添了非同寻常的深度，并为未来的研究引入了新的途径。
Responding to a critical need for greater perspectives on transgender life in the United States, Genny Beemyn and Susan (Sue) Rankin apply their extensive expertise to a groundbreaking survey--one of the largest ever conducted in the U.S.--on gender development and identity-making among transsexual women, transsexual men, crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. With nearly 3,500 participants, the survey is remarkably diverse, and with more than 400 follow-up interviews, the data offers limitless opportunities for research and interpretation. Beemyn and Rankin track the formation of gender identity across individuals and groups, beginning in childhood and marking the "touchstones" that led participants to identify as transgender. They explore when and how participants noted a feeling of difference because of their gender, the issues that caused them to feel uncertain about their gender identities, the factors that encouraged them to embrace a transgender identity, and the steps they have taken to meet other transgender individuals. Beemyn and Rankin's findings expose the kinds of discrimination and harassment experienced by participants in the U.S. and the psychological toll of living in secrecy and fear. They discover that despite increasing recognition by the public of transgender individuals and a growing rights movement, these populations continue to face bias, violence, and social and economic disenfranchisement. Grounded in empirical data yet rich with human testimony, The Lives of Transgender People adds uncommon depth to the literature on this subject and introduces fresh pathways for future research.