Navigating misgendering: A grounded theory study of gender diverse individuals’ experiences in healthcare
| dc.contributor.advisor | Taylor, Petrea | |
| dc.contributor.author | Keats, Danielle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-17T18:20:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-17T18:20:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Misgendering poses significant challenges for gender diverse individuals, particularly in accessing healthcare. Academic research has yet to comprehensively understand how gender diverse individuals navigate misgendering within healthcare. Employing feminist grounded theory, this study examined the social processes associated with navigating misgendering in New Brunswick healthcare settings. The findings include a pervasive psycho-social problem, the Gender Shadow, emphasizing harmful gender norms. The Gender Shadow is managed through a psycho-social process; Preserving Gender Light emerged from a journey of self-awareness and keeping agency in defining self-identity. Preserving Gender Light occurs through a Cost-Benefit Analysis and the use of the subprocesses: Avoiding, Allowing, and Correcting Misgendering. The results emphasize that navigating misgendering extends beyond individual incidents, contributing to a broader social problem perpetuated by the cisnormative framework. Results will inform policy, procedural, and clinical guidelines to improve access to healthcare for gender diverse individuals in the province. | |
| dc.description.copyright | ©Danielle Keats, 2024 | |
| dc.format.extent | xii, 150 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/38164 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Nursing | |
| dc.title | Navigating misgendering: A grounded theory study of gender diverse individuals’ experiences in healthcare | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.N. |