Expanding on the Experiences of Transgender Nonreligious People: An Exploratory Analysis
Building on research that points out the specific forms of marginalization that transgender and nonreligious people face in contemporary U.S. society, this exploratory analysis focuses on the experiences of transgender nonreligious people who were raised in religious households. Utilizing interviews...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Secularism and Nonreligion
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Pages: 1-10 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Transgender
/ Irreligiousness
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Gender & (non)religion
B Transgender Studies B Transgender Nonreligious Populations B Gender & (non)religious Inequalities B (non)religious socialization |
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| Summary: | Building on research that points out the specific forms of marginalization that transgender and nonreligious people face in contemporary U.S. society, this exploratory analysis focuses on the experiences of transgender nonreligious people who were raised in religious households. Utilizing interviews with eleven formerly religious, now nonreligious, transgender people I draw out some of the future pathways scholars of nonreligion should take to better account for the lives of transgender nonreligious people in scholarship on nonreligion. Specifically, scholars of nonreligion should begin analyzing transgender nonreligious people’s experiences in religious settings, with family, and with organizations and networks outside of religion. I conclude by discussing the ways this study can shed light on the broader processes by which inequality is reproduced and make suggestions for nonreligious leaders to make room for and listen to transgender people in nonreligious spaces. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-6712 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Secularism and Nonreligion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5334/snr.84 |