ABSTRACT

Though weight and weight-related issues have been explored prominently among the greater cisgender population and within other segments of the LGBTQ+ community, little has been done to explore such issues among transgender individuals. This study of online communities of support examines the role of narrative and narrative coping among transgender individuals seeking to lose or manage weight. Analysis reveals that individuals seeking support engage in three distinct processes of secondary threat appraisal: responsibility, obstacles to success, and fear and alignment. To mitigate and better navigate the tension of these threats, further analysis highlights the role that narrative plays in sensemaking and coping, both at an individual level and as a greater mechanism of communal coping and reciprocal support.

摘要

尽管在更大的顺性别人群和 LGBTQ+ 社区的其他部分中，体重和体重相关问题已经得到了突出的探索，但在跨性别个体中探索此类问题的工作却很少。这项关于在线支持社区的研究探讨了叙事和叙事应对在寻求减肥或管理体重的跨性别者中的作用。分析表明，寻求支持的个人参与了三个不同的次要威胁评估过程：责任、成功的障碍、恐惧和结盟。为了减轻和更好地驾驭这些威胁的紧张局势，进一步的分析强调了叙事在个人层面以及作为社区应对和互惠支持的更大机制在意义构建和应对中所起的作用。