ABSTRACT

The study depicts Israeli parents of young transgender (trans) adults as means of understanding the influence of stigma on the experiences and perceptions of parents of children who belong to social, including gender, minorities. The analysis of 18 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Israeli parents of young trans adults (mean age: 21.26), suggests that parents’ experiences are highly influenced by the stigma of gender diversity. The findings demonstrate how stigma is produced vis-a-vis the intersection between micro and macro level factors, shaping the parents’ experiences, through feelings of shame, blame, and self-stigma. Yet, by using mechanisms of redefinition, acceptance, activism, and meaning-making, the parents challenge the stigmatizing social attributes of gender diversity, constructing gender-diversity as a locus of authenticity, agency, and pride. This provides these parents with hope that fosters their agency and subjectivity, while they strive to regain some of the power that was denied them by stigma.

摘要

该研究描述了年轻的跨性别 (trans) 成年人的以色列父母，以此作为了解耻辱感对属于社会（包括性别）少数群体儿童的父母的经历和看法的影响的一种方式。对 18 位年轻跨性别成年人（平均年龄：21.26 岁）的以色列父母进行的 18 次深度半结构化访谈的分析表明，父母的经历在很大程度上受到性别多样性耻辱感的影响。研究结果表明，耻辱感是如何通过微观和宏观因素的交叉产生的，通过羞耻感、责备感和自我耻辱感塑造父母的经历。然而，通过使用重新定义、接受、行动主义和意义建构的机制，父母挑战了性别多样性的污名化社会属性，将性别多样性构建为真实性的核心，机构, 和骄傲. 这为这些父母提供了培养他们的能动性和主观性的希望，同时他们努力重新获得一些因耻辱而被剥夺的权力。