Capstones
Graduation Date
Winter 12-13-2019
Grading Professor
Emily Laber-warren
Subject Concentration
Health & Science
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
My capstone project is about femmephobia in the transmasculine community. In interviews with at least six trans men and non-binary people, they explained the struggles they faced accessing health care and the discrimination they faced within their families for having a femme gender presentation. In the story, I speak to Rhea Hoskin, one of the leading researchers on femmephobia in Canada who details why this issue is harmful to the transmasculine community. Additionally, the director of the National Center for Transgender Equality talks about how femmephobia can rear its head and contribute to suicidality and depression in the transmasculine community.
Recommended Citation
Bellamy - Walker, Tat, "Not Manly Enough: Femmephobia’s Stinging Impact on the Transmasculine Community" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/411
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Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Health Communication Commons, Journalism Studies Commons