Authenticating and Legitimizing Transgender Identities Online: A Discourse Analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorStrong, Tom
dc.contributor.advisorWada, Kaori
dc.contributor.authorWest, Alyssa Megan Marie
dc.contributor.committeememberSpring, Erin
dc.contributor.committeememberCallaghan, Tonya D.
dc.date2019-11
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T16:00:40Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T16:00:40Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-26
dc.description.abstractThe number of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) individuals who are presenting for counselling is increasing, and yet counsellors feel unprepared and lack confidence working with gender-variant people, which has resulted in negative therapeutic experiences. Consistent with social-justice practice, knowledge of how clients understand themselves is necessary to ensure the outcomes of counselling (Arthur & Collins, 2010a). A key resource TGNC individuals are using to engage in identity exploration are online communities. In this research I applied Potter and Wetherell’s (1987) approach to discourse analysis to explore the talk and text of three such online communities. I identified that the participants made sense of their identity using three discourses: (a) felt sense, (b) authenticity, and (c) legitimacy. I discuss these findings within the context of the current social climate and existing literature regarding TGNC individual’s identity development. I offer suggestions for infusing this insight into trans-affirmative counselling practice(s) and discuss implications for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWest, A. M. M. (2019). Authenticating and Legitimizing Transgender Identities Online: A Discourse Analysis (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110840
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectgender-diversityen_US
dc.subjecttransgenderen_US
dc.subjectcounselling psychologyen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectsocial justiceen_US
dc.subjecttrans-affirmativeen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationGender Studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationMental Healthen_US
dc.titleAuthenticating and Legitimizing Transgender Identities Online: A Discourse Analysisen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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