Trans People's Experience of Sexuality in the Netherlands: A Pilot Study

This pilot study explores the specificity of 12 Dutch trans people's experience of sexuality in order to provide new hypotheses and perspectives for future research. Emerging themes include the interconnection of sexual development with coming out and transition processes, the way incongruence...

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Published in:Journal of homosexuality 2014-05, Vol.61 (5), p.654-672
Main Authors: Doorduin, Tamar, van Berlo, Willy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Embodiment
experience of sexuality
Female
Gender Identity
Gender studies
Homosexuality
Hormones
Humans
Hypothesis
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Overtime
Pilot Projects
qualitative interviews
Sex
Sex Reassignment Surgery - psychology
Sex Role Identity
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexuality
Sexuality - psychology
Social Perception
Surgery
Transgender Persons - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:This pilot study explores the specificity of 12 Dutch trans people's experience of sexuality in order to provide new hypotheses and perspectives for future research. Emerging themes include the interconnection of sexual development with coming out and transition processes, the way incongruence between gender identity, gendered embodiment, and social perception of gender affected participants' experience of sexuality, and changes in physical sexual functioning after hormone therapy and/or various types of surgery. Our research design allowed for subjective accounts of trans people's experience of sexuality and detailed descriptions of changes in sexuality that occurred over time and throughout the coming out and transitioning processes.
ISSN:0091-8369
1540-3602
DOI:10.1080/00918369.2014.865482