The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gender Centrality among Transgender, Cisgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Individuals

This study highlights the relationship between gender identity and gender centrality, including self-reported measures of the centrality of masculinity and femininity in individuals' interactional expression, physical expression, interests, and feeling masculine or feminine. This is a secondary...

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Published inJournal of homosexuality pp. 1 - 21
Main Authors Brashear, Brittany Rockelle, Tillewein, Heather, Harvey, Penny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 19.07.2024
Subjects
cisgender
nonbinary
Gender identity
intersex
transgender
gender centrality
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Summary:This study highlights the relationship between gender identity and gender centrality, including self-reported measures of the centrality of masculinity and femininity in individuals' interactional expression, physical expression, interests, and feeling masculine or feminine. This is a secondary data analysis of a larger study (The 2019 Pleasure Study). In this analysis, it was found that there is a notable relationship between gender identity and levels of gender centrality. Transgender men and transgender women reported higher levels of gender identity centrality than cisgender men and women. Nonbinary people and intersex individuals reported higher levels of gender identity centrality than cisgender men and cisgender women, but lower levels than transgender men and transgender women. In an average of centrality measures ), trans women had the highest average centrality scores while cis men had the lowest.
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ISSN:0091-8369
1540-3602
1540-3602
DOI:10.1080/00918369.2024.2378737