Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: In Turkey, production of "transsexuality" as a medicolegal category dates back to 1988. Amendments in 2002 to theregulation of sexual transition shaped their present form, whichrequires psychiatric observation during the transition period,putting trans people under strict institutional supervision andevaluating them in terms of their gender role performance.Focusing on trans peoples' experiences of psychiatric observation, this paper illustrates the medical steps trans people taketo collect evidence of their "true" sex, and shows how psychiatrists evaluate these steps. It explores how negotiations betweendoctors and trans people work upon conflicting meanings ofbodily time, sex, gender and sexuality.
Source: Anthropologica
Author: Zengin, Aslı
Institution: University of Toronto
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: University of Toronto
OpenAlex ID: W328469767