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The
Trans Project
If you identify
as transgendered, you have a sibling who does not identify as transgendered,
and you and your sibling are 18 or over, you can help bring the voices
and experiences of trans people into psychology.
My name is Rhonda
Factor/RJ and I am a doctoral student in psychology at the University
of Vermont. My doctoral dissertation is designed to illustrate the various
ways we experience and express our gender identities. While as a group,
there are many differences among us; we also share the experience of not
identifying fully with the sex/gender to which we were assigned at birth.
Our experiences are also similar to and different from individuals who
do identify fully with the sex/gender to which they were assigned at birth.
This project is also designed to explore these similarities and differences
by comparing your experiences with those of your “conventionally
gendered” siblings. The surveys administered to your siblings will
simply be entitled “The Family Project” and will not focus
on gender identity. In fact, that survey only asks about sex in the conventional
way. Therefore, individuals will not be “outed” by sending
a survey to their siblings. It is my hope that this project will contribute
to a culture that understands, supports, and celebrates the varieties
of our gender experiences.
Trans research
should be community-based because of our specific sensitivities, understanding,
experience, and consciousness. – Leslie Feinberg
This project was
designed in collaboration with trans communities and trans researchers.
Questions in areas of research important to trans people were developed
through attendance at trans conferences, exploration of trans listservs,
and consultation with trans individuals, mental health providers, and
researchers. Interviews were conducted and questions based on the responses
were incorporated into the questionnaire. Drafts of the questionnaire
were shown to consultants and feedback was incorporated.
To participate:
Please email
me the following information so I can mail the surveys to you and
your sibling. If you would rather have your sibling’s survey sent
to you and then forward it yourself, let me know. In that case, I’d
send you both surveys and would only need your sibling's first name.
I. Your Name
Your Address
Your Email
Name your sibling knows you by if different from “your name” above
II. Your Sibling’s
Name (If more than one, the one most likely to respond. If more than one
likely to respond, the one closest in age.)
Your Sibling’s
Address
Your Sibling’s
Email
III. (If there is
another sibling I can contact if the first one does not respond.)
Other Sibling’s
Name
Other Sibling’s
Address
Other Sibling’s
Email
Thanks again for
helping to create a more trans-affirming culture.
Please feel free
to contact me if you have any
more questions.
Warmly,
Rhonda J. Factor/RJ
The Trans Project
Rhonda.Factor@uvm.edu
Rhonda J. Factor
Psychology Department
University of Vermont
John Dewey Hall
2 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405-0134
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