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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Subjectivities that Matter -- Being Trans Person in Soviet Kazakhstan and in Modern Independent Kazakhstan -- Researching Transgender Subjectivities -- Reference -- 2 Overview of Transsexuality as a Medical Diagnosis -- From Inversion to Gender Incongruence -- Summary -- References -- 3 Contextualizing Contemporary Global and Local Transgender Issues -- International Approaches to Transgender Rights -- Post-Soviet Approaches to Transgender Rights -- Central Asian Approaches to Transgender Rights -- Summary -- References -- 4 Theorizing Transgender Subjectivities -- Key Theoretical Concepts -- Methodology -- The Ethics of the Research -- Analysis of the Data -- Summary -- References -- 5 Processes, Main Actors and Narratives Employed in Shaping Transgender Subjectivities in Kazakhstan -- Main Processes -- Legal Gender Recognition -- Medical Transition -- Social Transition -- Consultations with Trans Activists -- The Diagnosis Revision -- Main Actors -- Medical Specialists' Perspective -- "This Is My Job" -- Trans people's Perspective -- Activists, Doctors and State -- Legal Actors' Perspective -- Administrating Gender Identity -- Narratives -- Medical Specialists' Perspective -- Lack of Information on Transgender Issues -- Medical Care Providers -- Ensuring Prevention of Psychotic Disorders -- Trans people's Perspectives -- Creating a Self-Ethnography -- Guiding Each Other -- Summary -- References -- 6 Analysis: Legal Gatekeeping, the Activist Bubble, the Doctor-Patient-Activist Triad and the Professionalism Approach -- Legal Gatekeeping -- The "Activist Bubble" and Access to Knowledge on Transgender Health -- Triad Relationship: Doctor-Patient-Activist -- Professional Does not Mean Friendly -- Summary -- References.

This book introduces the policies surrounding legal gender recognition of trans people in Kazakhstan. Generally, the research in this sphere focuses on medical professions, described as gatekeepers or judges deciding who fit the prescriptions of being a woman or a man, and on trans people themselves, who are often portrayed as victims. However, this process is more complex than only describing the interaction of these two groups or by labelling them either as gatekeepers or victims. The project provides a critical approach and attempts to expand our understanding of the process, the dynamics and the actors involved. This study will be of interest to scholars of contemporary Kazakhstan, and of feminism and LGBTQ activism more generally. Zhanar Sekerbayeva is a PhD researcher. In her work she aims at expanding the concept of "gender" in the general public discourse through activism by mainstreaming questions of gender identity in the academia. She is a co-founder of Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita"

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