“It’s Total Erasure”: Trans and Nonbinary Peoples’ Experiences of Cisnormativity Within Perinatal Care Services in Aotearoa New Zealand

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant demographics.

Demographic	Number of participants (n)
Gender (total response)*
Genderfluid	2
Gender nonconforming	1
Nonbinary	10
Agender	3
Trans man	3
Takatāpui	1
Genderqueer/queer	2
Transmasculine	1
Transfeminine	1
Trans woman	3
Ethnicity (total response)^†
Māori	3
Pākehā/New Zealand European	13
Other European	6
Missing	2
Age range (years)
15–19	1
25–29	7
30–34	5
35–40	6
Missing	1
Stage of pregnancy at time of interview
Trying to conceive (TTC)	6
Experienced pregnancy loss	1
Pregnant with first child	2
Postnatal (1 child ≤6 weeks)	2
Postnatal (1 child >6 weeks)	5
Postnatal (2 children or more)	1

*Note. Some participants used more than one term to describe their gender.

^†Note. Some participants used more than one term to describe their ethnicity.

Table 2. Summary of themes.

Theme grouping	Theme name
Cisnormative physical environments and structures	No sign of inclusion
	Gendered organization of space
	Exclusion of nongestational partners
Cisnormative language and interactions	Constant assumptions
	Being misgendered
Impacts of cisnormativity	Weighing up the risks of self-advocacy
	Undermining trust