Caught between the binary : Exploring dominant representations of detransitioned people across digital platforms and publications

夹在二元之间：探索数字平台和出版物中变性者的主导表现

• 批准号: 2873127
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2873127
• 关键词: Caught; between; binary; Exploring; dominant

A contested term, detransition broadly refers to the process of undergoing a gender transition - via medical, legal or social means- before reverting to the assigned gender at birth. Digital discourse has increasingly played a role in shaping polarised narratives surrounding detransition, creating platforms used by detransitioners to evidence claims about gender identity, informed consent, and human rights. The impact of these discussions is not confined to the digital sphere: detransition has already influenced controversial legislative decisions surrounding transgender healthcare, notably Bell v Tavistock in 2020, and the 2022 Florida Board of Medicine ruling against youth transition.Existing detransition literature has, however, prioritised detransition as an individual process, rather than a sociocultural phenomenon. Hence, this project will explore the role of digital spaces- both formal publications and informal social media platforms- in constructing narratives of detransition. The research aims to answer: How is detransition constructed in online discourse? And, How can these prevailing narratives be situated in a broader sociocultural context? Data will include news publications. Articles will be purposively sampled from periods surrounding both Bell v Tavistock and the Florida Medical Board Ruling to provide a comparative timeframe; as well as, TikTok videos and Twitter debates using strategic sampling to identify the most 'liked' content. Analysis will initially code data using the concepts of risk and need, with an 'open-coding' method used to refine these as research progresses. Hildebrand-Chupp's (2020) and Exposito-Campos' (2021) typologies of detransition will be used as a conceptual basis combined with a realist approach to thematic analysis to ensure focus on the underlying contextual factors behind representations of detransition.

一个有争议的术语，损害广泛地是指通过医学，法律或社会手段进行性别过渡的过程 - 在出生时恢复到指定的性别。数字话语越来越多地在塑造围绕损坏的两极分化叙事中发挥了作用，创建了损坏者使用的平台来证明有关性别认同，知情同意和人权的主张。这些讨论的影响不仅限于数字领域：损坏已经影响了围绕跨性别医疗保健的有争议的立法决策，尤其是贝尔诉塔维斯托克（Bell V Tavistock），以及2022年佛罗里达州医学委员会裁决，反对青年过渡的裁决。因此，该项目将探讨数字空间的作用 - 正式出版物和非正式的社交媒体平台 - 在构建损害叙事中。该研究旨在回答：在线话语中如何构建损害？而且，这些流行的叙述如何位于更广泛的社会文化背景下？数据将包括新闻出版物。文章将有目的地从Bell V Tavistock和佛罗里达州医疗委员会裁决的时期进行采样，以提供比较的时间表；以及使用战略抽样来识别最“喜欢”的内容的Tiktok视频和Twitter辩论。分析最初将使用风险和需求的概念对数据进行编码，并采用一种“开放编码”方法来完善这些方法，随着研究的进行。希尔德布兰德·奇普（Hildebrand-Chupp）（2020）和exposito-campos（2021）的损害类型将用作概念基础，并结合了现实主义的主题分析方法，以确保将重点放在损害表征背后的基本上下文因素上。