Has There Been a Transgender Tipping Point? Gender Identification Differences in U.S. Cohorts Born between 1935 and 2001
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 128, Heft 1, S. 94-143
ISSN: 1537-5390
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 128, Heft 1, S. 94-143
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 127, Heft 6, S. 1939-1941
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Annual review of sociology, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 425-443
ISSN: 1545-2115
The field of transgender studies has grown exponentially in sociology over the last decade. In this review, we track the development of this field through a critical overview of the sociological scholarship from the last 50 years. We identify two major paradigms that have characterized this research: a focus on gender deviance (1960s–1990s) and a focus on gender difference (1990s–present). We then examine three major areas of study that represent the current state of the field: research that explores the diversity of transgender people's identities and social locations, research that examines transgender people's experiences within institutional and organizational contexts, and research that presents quantitative approaches to transgender people's identities and experiences. We conclude with an agenda for future areas of inquiry.