Grieving those Who Still Live: Loss Experienced by Parents of Transgender Children
Published Online: Feb 01, 2020
Page range: 142 - 162
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2020-0011
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Transgender identity can be defined as the self-awareness of a discrepancy between the assigned sex at birth and the personal gender identity of an individual. This study assumed the constructionist perspective, focused on the influence of culture on sex-typing and the representations of gender in child development. This research considers how parents of transgender children emotionally handled the transition. Being faced with a child’s transgender identity may cause an emotional experience similar to mourning, in particular, ambiguous loss (