Essays about: "gender dysphoria"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words gender dysphoria.

  1. 1. ”The greater dysphoria I’ve had, the greater dysmorphia - they work together” - An interview study on trans and nonbinary experiences of seeking and participating in Swedish eating disorder treatment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Hannah Alvå; [2023-07-05]
    Keywords : Eating disorders; Trans; Nonbinary; Cisnormativity; Healthcare;

    Abstract : The accessibility of eating disorder treatment for trans and nonbinary individuals has for long been an overlooked approach within research as well as in practice both internationally and in Sweden. By analysing four interviews with care seekers who identify as trans and/or nonbinary, the purpose of this study is therefore to map out the norms and discourses that shape the accessibility and applicability of Swedish eating disorder treatment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Won't Somebody Think of the Children-A Critical Analysis of the Swedish National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Daniel Milve; [2022-02-15]
    Keywords : non-binary; trans; health care; policy; youth;

    Abstract : This thesis critically analyses Sweden’s National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria, with the aim of providing recommendations for amending the guidelines to provide better access to gender affirming treatment for young non-binary people. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, supplemented with a group dialogue with three non-binary persons, the National Guidelines are analysed through the theoretical lens of performativity, Dean Spade’s theories on the population-management mode of power, and critical age studies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gradually Changing Gender Attribution of Speech Recordings Using Interpolated Filters

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Mira Kjellin; [2022]
    Keywords : Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : When we listen to human speech, one of the first characteristics we assess is the gender of the speaker. For individuals who suffer from gender dysphoria, this may cause them to be negatively impacted by their voice not matching their gender identity. Therefore, some persons attempt to change their voices with a speech-language therapist. READ MORE

  5. 4. Medicalizing Me Softly: An Autoethnography of Refusal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Han Amm; [2022]
    Keywords : transmedicalism; truscum; transnormativity; nonbinary; autoethnography; refusal; liminality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This autoethnographic study explores intra-community discursive boundary constructions around the category of transgender articulated by truscum trans men on Reddit. It does so through reflections on how the author negotiates the medical model of trans, his own gender identity, the medico-juridical interlock governing access to trans healthcare and trans livability, and tensions of closeness/distance to those they interview. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transmedicalism : A critical discourse analysis on transnormativity in online discussion websites and publishing platforms

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Kim Cannerstad; [2021]
    Keywords : Biological essentialism; Colonialism; Conservative; Critical discourse analysis; DSM-5; ICD-10; ICD-11; Gatekeeping; Gender binary; Gender binarism; Gender dysphoria; Gender incongruence; Nonbinary; Trans activism; Trans studies; Transfeminism; Transmedicalism; Transmedicalist; Transmed; Transnormativity; Transsexual; Transsexualism; Transphobia; Truscum; Tucute; Republican; White supremacy; Willpower; Xenophobia; Queer theory;

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