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Gender development support, including access to therapy, tailored support and therapy groups; Physical intervention, including endocrinological intervention such as puberty blockers and sex hormones; Mental health support, usually working alongside CAMHS; Ongoing support post social or medical transition and referral to adult gender identity ...
Transgender studies, also called trans studies or trans* studies, is an interdisciplinary field of academic research dedicated to the study of gender identity, gender expression, and gender embodiment, as well as to the study of various issues of relevance to transgender and gender variant populations. [1]
One of the most influential of the psychoanalytic theories of gender identity is the perspective developed in the book The Reproduction of Mothering. Its author, Nancy Chodorow , traces the implications for emotional development by linking them with the way mothers usually care for their infants in their formative years, while fathers are more ...
Robert Stoller was born on December 15, 1924, in Crestwood, New York.. In 1958, a patient pseudonymously referred to as Agnes was referred to Stoller and Harold Garfinkel.At the time, Agnes was 17 years old and pretended to be intersex in order to receive gender confirming surgery.
The Cass identity model is one of the fundamental theories of LGBT identity development, developed in 1979 by Vivienne Cass. [1] This model was one of the first to treat LGBTQIA+ people as normal in a heterosexist society and in a climate of homophobia and biphobia instead of treating homosexuality and bisexuality themselves as a problem.
In 1991, Susan R. McCarn, a colleague of Fassinger's, studied identity development among a group of thirty-eight lesbians diversifying in age, education, race, ethnicity, and occupation. [1] The analysis of the results of this study lead to the establishment of two processes and four phases, in 1996. [ 2 ]
gender identity: the child recognizes that they are either a boy or a girl and possesses the ability to label others. gender stability: the identity in which they recognizes themselves as does not change; gender consistency: the acceptance that gender does not change regardless of changes in gender-typed appearance, activities, and traits.
Gender identity formation in early childhood is an important aspect of child development, shaping how individuals see themselves and others in terms of gender (Martin & Ruble, 2010). [10] It encompasses the understanding and internalization of societal norms, roles, and expectations associated with a specific gender.