Current trends in quantitative health research have highlighted the inadequacy of the usual
operationalisation of sex and gender, resulting in a growing demand for more nuanced …

Transgender elders are both underserved and understudied. Neither the etiology nor
prevalence of transgender is well understood. Because sex, gender, and sexuality are at the …

Purpose: We describe the development of a measure of internalized transphobia, defined as
discomfort with one's transgender identity as a result of internalizing society's normative …

Increasingly, transgender individuals and loved ones (partners, family, and friends) are
seeking assistance from mental health professionals working in the community rather than in …

The present study reports on the construction of a dimensional measure of gender identity
(gender dysphoria) for adolescents and adults. The 27-item gender identity/gender …

Transgender studies is a heterogeneous site of debate that is marked by tensions, border
wars, and rifts both within the field and among feminist and queer theorists. Intersecting the …

In this chapter, we review and critique how conventional models of gender and sexual
identity development have represented the experiences of transgender individuals, and we …

The literature on transgender/transsexual-spectrum persons is limited. Most studies are
based on the assumption that trans persons are best understood within rigid and binary …

Kate Bornstein (1994) states,“I'm constructing myself to be fluidly gendered now…. I don't
consider myself a man, and quite frequently I doubt that I'ma woman. And you—you still think …

In this article, we aim to provide readers with tools to critically consider decisions related to
conducting research with trans populations. We first present the historical and contemporary …