Masculinities under construction, bodies under (re)construction: trans men’s desires, contradictions, and ambiguities in the transexualizing process

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Ribeiro, Cláudia Regina¹  Ahmad, Andrea Felizardo²  Dantas, Beatriz Selles¹  Lemos, Adriana² 

[1] Universidade Federal Fluminense;Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

关键词: Gender;    Trans health;    Trans men;    Transsexualizing process;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-812320222710.07732022EN

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents the research results on the strategies, expectations, and desires of 28 transsexual men in building their masculinities and reconstructing their bodies through cross-hormonization. The qualitative research was carried out in an outpatient clinic of the transsexualization process in a city in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. We employed semi-structured interviews and participant observation from November 2019 to January 2020 to collect data. Content analysis guided the analysis of the statements from which the discussed categories emerged. The categories were discussed in the light of the concepts of gender, transsexuality, and masculinity, besides references from studies on ethnicity/skin color in their articulations with health. The data revealed desires, contradictions, and ambiguities regarding the construction of masculinity and the (re)construction of bodies more suited to it. They also evidenced the desire for the male bodily standard achieved through hormonization and surgeries, and black skin color emerged as a critical inequality mark. We concluded that, while refuting many male model features, these men want to enter this world and blend in with the crowd as men, thus experiencing fuller masculinity.

【 授权许可】

CC BY