Intended legacies of transgender women who transitioned at 40+ years old: supporting younger transgender people and inspiring a trans-friendly society
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to identify and characterize the intended legacies of transgender women from Spain and Portugal who embarked on their gender transition at 40+ years.
Design/methodology/approach
Semi-structured interviews focusing on intended legacies were performed with seven participants (three Portuguese and four Spanish), aged 52–66 years. The interviews were submitted for thematic analysis.
Findings
The main findings show that all participants reported intended legacies: personal, to be remembered as a good person; broader, to support younger transgender persons to come out earlier in life and to guide and mentor other transgender persons; and composite, to contribute by being a positive role model and being happily engaged in contributing to others.
Originality/value
This understanding may help in developing adequate practices that promote involvement of transgender persons who are in middle to late life in supporting transgender persons rights and well-being.
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Acknowledgements
To the participants in this study, Authors want to thank for their collaboration but most of all for their inspiration. Each of the co-authors of this paper are thankful and felt inspired by the participants contribution.
Funding: This work was supported by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within CINT ESIS R&D Unit (UIDB/4255/2020 and UIDP/4255/2020) and within the scope of the project RISE (LA/P/0053/2020).
Declaration of interest statement: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Citation
Carvalho, R., Casado, T., Sousa, L., Guerra, S. and Tavares, J. (2024), "Intended legacies of transgender women who transitioned at 40+ years old: supporting younger transgender people and inspiring a trans-friendly society", Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-07-2024-0038
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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