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“That’s probably what euphoria feels like”: Nonbinary Black womxn’s gender expression in an antitrans (and anti-Black [womxn]) America.

Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This community-based participatory action research study employed interpretative phenomenological analysis to investigate how 11 nonbinary Black womxn experienced and understood their gender expression in relation to their gendered-racial identity.Researchers used purposive sampling and semistructured qualitative interviews to elicit participants' responses to the following research inquiry: "How does being a nonbinary Black womxn manifest within your gender expression?"Participant responses informed three overarching themes regarding nonbinary Black womxn gender expression: (a) the brilliance and beauty of Black hair, (b) a passion for fashion culture and clothing, and (c) saying it with my chest-affirming communication.Implications inform the future of decolonial research and clinical practice for gender-diverse Black womxn. Public Significance StatementThe present study seeks to understand nonbinary Black womxn's experience of genderedracial expression and euphoria in the wake of intersecting and oppressive antitrans, antiqueer, anti-Black, and antiwomxn legislation.By contributing a nuanced and intersectional phenomenological understanding of nonbinary Black womxn's gendered-racial experience, we aid the work of decolonizing psychology; expand empirical consideration of Black cultural, queer, and trans diversity; prioritize trans joy and thriving (i.e., euphoria); discuss the intersectionality of antitrans legislation; recenter decolonial and Afro-Indigenous perspectives on identity and well-being; and model community-based and liberation-oriented empiricism.
DOI: 10.1037/amp0001655
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7204441858
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