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Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Volume 8, 2004 - Issue 2-3
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Life Course Analysis—The Courage to Search for Something More

Middle Adulthood Issues in the Transgender and Intersex Community

Tarynn M. Witten PhD TranScience Research Institute, P.O. Box 28089, Richmond, VA, 23228, USA
Pages 189-224 | Published online: 25 Sep 2008
 
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Abstract

In this paper we discuss middle-to-late life issues of the transgender and intersex communities. We demonstrate that these mid-to-late life issues are richly complex, full of courage, coping, risk, and resilience, and are grounded in a socio-ecological landscape of systemic actual and perceived violence and abuse. We examine how this socio-ecological environment affects the “normative” mid-life cycle processes. Practical examples are drawn from the author's field interviews and survey research over the past decade. We close by examining the effects of such a landscape on the middle-age life stage and examine its potential ramifications for old age as well.

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