Experiences of Discrimination, Harassment, and Violence in a Sample of Italian Transsexuals Who Have Undergone Sex-Reassignment Surgery
| Autor: | Valeria Pace, Luca Quagliarella, Orlando Todarello, Mario Maggi, Alessandra D. Fisher, Maurizio Bini, Elisa Bandini, Antonio Prunas |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Prunas, A, Bandini, E, Fisher, A, Maggi, M, Pace, V, Quagliarella, L, Todarello, O, Bini, M |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Gender dysphoria
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty sex-reassignment surgery Poison control 050109 social psychology Context (language use) Discrimination Harassment Transsexuals Gender Dysphoria Sex-Reassignment Surgery Violence Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention parasitic diseases medicine Sex Reassignment Surgery Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Applied Psychology 030505 public health LGBT business.industry 05 social sciences Human factors and ergonomics Social Discrimination Middle Aged medicine.disease transgenderism Clinical Psychology Italy Harassment Female M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICA Harassment Non-Sexual 0305 other medical science business Prejudice Transsexualism discrimination |
| Zdroj: | Journal of interpersonal violence. 33(14) |
| ISSN: | 1552-6518 |
| Popis: | The present study aims to provide an overview of experiences of discrimination, harassment, and violence in a sample of Italian transsexuals who have undergone sex-reassignment surgery (SRS). Lack of support for gender transition from family members was also assessed, before and after SRS. Data were collected in the context of a multicentric study (Milan, Florence, and Bari) on SRS outcome. Patients who underwent SRS were contacted and asked to fill out a questionnaire concerning experiences of discrimination, harassment, violence, and crime they might have experienced in previous years. Seventy-two participants took part in the research: 46 were male-to-female (MtF; 64%) and 26 were female-to-male (FtM; 36%). Thirty-six percent of the total sample (with no differences between MtF and FtM) experienced at least one episode of harassment, violence, or discrimination. The workplace was reported to be the social area with the highest risk of discrimination and harassment (22% of participants). Reports of more than one incident of discrimination, harassment, and violence characterized the majority of participants in the MtF sample. Compared with previous studies carried out in other countries, a much larger proportion of participants could count on a supportive family environment before and after transition. Our results show that Italian society at large is prejudiced against transsexuals, but at a more “micro” level, having a trans person as a family member might result in a protective and tolerant attitude. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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