Transgender Youth: Focusing on the “T” in LGBT Studies
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2016) | Viewed by 36974
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sexual minority youth; gay-straight student alliances; sociology of education; social justice and inequality; feminist pedagogy
Interests: social justice and inequality; educational equity; marginalized populations in higher education; critical theory
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transgender is increasingly understood as a term used to describe individuals who exhibit gender-nonconforming identities and/or behaviors, or, in other words, those who transcend typical gender paradigms. Transgender interests and issues sometimes overlap with those related to sexual orientation (lesbian, gay, bisexual). However, this population also experiences a divergent set of challenges as they navigate their social worlds. Research on transgender populations (rather than the commonly amalgamated LGBTQI populations) is emerging as the cutting edge of the social justice agenda. This emerging research rejects the homogenization and denial of agency (difference) reflected in much of the literature on LGBT populations. It reflects a growing concern for listening to and demonstrating sensitivity to the unique contexts within which the transgender population—for this Special Issue, transgender youth—navigate.
This Special Issue seeks to focus upon the multiple contexts that transgender youth inhabit and the specific conflicts, challenges, and controversies embedded in these contexts, as well as the resiliency and creativity transgender youth exhibit as they traverse the different contexts that shape their lived experiences. We invite manuscripts that include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Comparison studies that offer an in-depth understanding of the multitude of transgender youth school experiences in K-12 through higher education.
- Studies examining the policies, programs, and practices that have been developed and implemented for transgender youth and the relevance of these in the lives of transgender youth, including program evaluations.
- Examinations of the various challenges faced by researchers focusing on this population and discussions of how these challenges may be circumvented with an aim toward expanding the research literature on transgender youth.
- Impact of the social services available to transgender youth.
- Comparison studies that explore the experiences of parents and/or guardians of transgender youth, as well as the experiences of other family members.
- Youth in transition
- Transgender youth movements
Theoretical, empirical and practice-based studies and methodological approaches from a wide range of disciplines (education, social work, sociology, psychology, public policy, anthropology, family studies), as well as cross-and interdisciplinary studies are encouraged any disciplinary and methodological approach are encouraged. Submissions should be written in a nontechnical style accessible to a broad interdisciplinary audience.
Dr. Maralee Mayberry, Ph.D.
Lane Hanson, MSW
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Transgender Youth
- Gender and Sexual Minorities
- Transgender Youth Movements
- Gender Identity
- Transgender Social Services and Policies