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'I didn't have the language then'-a qualitative examination of terminology in the development of non-binary identities

Thorne, Nat
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Aldridge, Zoe
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Bouman, Walter P.
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Marshall, Ellen
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Arcelus, Jon
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INTRODUCTION: Identities that lie outside of exclusively male and female, such as non-binary and genderqueer, have become increasingly more prevalent and visible within recent years. However, to date, the role of terminology in the development of such gender identities has been under-researched. This study aims to: (1) Examine what role terminology plays in coming to identify as non-binary. (2) Explore the continuing importance of terminology once a non-binary identity is established. METHODS: This study uses thematic analysis on data produced from interviews with 16 participants who self-selected for the study and were recruited from several transgender and LGBTQ+ organisations on the basis that they identified outside the gender binary of male and female. RESULTS: The analysis uncovered several key themes and sub-themes relating to terminology choice, encountering new terms and the process of identifying with new terminology, as well as becoming visible and understood by others. CONCLUSIONS: This study found that terminology is not only central in coming to identify as something other than exclusively male and female, it also remains an important factor when it comes to making a non-binary identity visible to others.
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2023
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Gender identity, Gender dysphoria
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Thorne, N., Aldridge, Z., Yip, A. K., Bouman, W. P., Marshall, E. & Arcelus, J. (2023). 'I didn't have the language then'-a qualitative examination of terminology in the development of non-binary identities. Healthcare, 11 (7), pp.960.
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Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
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