Abstract
The hegemony of dichotomous gender identity dominates the discourse on the issues of sex and gender. Through this means, irrational fear brings about prejudice, stigmatisation, discrimination, and exclusion towards individuals who suffer from gender nonconformity. Despite relevant substantial literature, there is a paucity of research on Chinese transgender people. This case study investigates how a Chinese trans-woman deals with her gender incongruence and anxiety through sex realignment surgery. It conducts in-depth, semi-structured interviews, and processes data by means of interpretative phenomenological analysis, with the help of a computerised qualitative data analysis package. It also carries out member checking to enrich triangulation effects. The results unmask the way the participant is being incrementally liberated from being a pretend man in her current state of half-man-non-woman, and her efforts in achieving the gender that she desires. This study reveals factors that influence the embodiment of bodily integrity and psychological adjustments against distress induced by gender nonconformity, therefore supporting the development of a gender-affirming society that benefits both individuals and public interests.
Highlights
The hegemony of dichotomous gender identity dominates the discourse on the issues of sex and gender
This study explores personal experiences in carrying out the incremental process of sex reassignment surgery illustrated by a single case study of a Chinese male-to-female, who has been striving for bodily integrity to rectify the physical body she deserves
This case study highlights how stressful it can be for a Chinese male-tofemale to be irritated by the gender ambiguity
Summary
The hegemony of dichotomous gender identity dominates the discourse on the issues of sex and gender Through this means, irrational fear brings about prejudice, stigmatisation, discrimination, and exclusion towards individuals who suffer from gender nonconformity. This case study investigates how a Chinese trans-woman deals with her gender incongruence and anxiety through sex realignment surgery. The hegemony of binary sex and gender dominates most cultures and societies (Ellis, McNeil, & Bailey, 2014), emphasising distinct representations of masculinity and femininity Such authoritarianism, together with the conventional assumptions of gender segregation and prejudice, induces comparatively widespread adverse reactions towards transgender people. This umbrella concept entails a variety of sexual variances such as full-time and part-time transgender individuals, transsexuals, transvestites, intersex people, and cross-dressers (Roberto, 2011), basically denoting discomfort over having the wrong body (Gazzola & Morrison, 2014; Hines, 2007; Loeb, 2008; Rigney, 2003)
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