Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Faculty member of the Department of Sociology and Cultural Studies, , Ilam University
2 Master of Sociology, Ilam University
Abstract
Gender identity disorder, which is sometimes called Trans or transsexual. This research tries to represent the meaning of being trans for the trans person, family and society. Considering the constructed nature of the studied phenomenon, the qualitative research paradigm and in order to study the lived experience of Trans people, the interpretive phenomenological method has been used. The studied community includes Trans people of Marivan city, 13 of them were selected through purposeful sampling and based on the principle of saturation. The data collection tool was in-depth interview. The credibility of the findings was achieved through the continuous presence of the researcher in the research field and performing all the steps according to the developed research program. And the transferability the findings was achieved through writing memos and thick descriptions and comparing the findings with research findings and conceptual framework. The obtained findings confirm that at a micro level, Trans people have considered being trans as: the dissolution of a non-same-sex soul in a person's body, a limitation, disorder, and conflict. At the middle level, families have considered their child's being Trans as a stigma and a fake and unreal product. At the macro level, society has defined being transgender as a sexual deviance and as a sexual object that is sexually abused. Transsexual is a condition that is accompanied by stigma and social exclusion, and Trans people are also fighters who try to conquer their identity territory and accept it to society in an unequal war.
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