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<p>Trans students continue to face pervasive marginalization within higher education settings. To understand their lived experiences with gender-identity microaggressions, the authors used interpretative phenomenological analysis among trans undergraduate students (<i>N</i> = 4) at a Canadian university. The authors explored whether gender-identity microaggressions manifested differently in a national context undergoing legal reforms to protect trans, Two-Spirit, and nonbinary people (Hébert et al., 2022). Interview participants’ rich, nuanced, and often painful accounts supported and extended prior scholarship. Specifically, semi-structured interviews elucidated six microaggressions themes: (a) <i>enduring transphobic language and comments</i>, (b) <i>experiencing erasure</i>, (c) <i>withstanding poking and prying</i>, (d) <i>being outed</i>, (e) <i>being dismissed and trivialized while reporting anti-trans discrimination</i>, and (f) <i>being subjected to cisgenderist, segregated, binary systems and structures</i>. To underscore participants’ strength, resilience, and resistance, findings also documented participants’ engagement in emotion- and problem-focused strategic responses. The authors situate the findings within the extant literature, suggest directions for future research, and highlight the ongoing need for trans-affirming campus practices.</p>

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A qualitative investigation of trans students’ experiences with microaggressions at a Canadian university

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年7月3日

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  • Lisa B. Spanierman,
  • Chérie Moody,
  • Sara Houshmand,
  • Nathan Grant Smith,
  • Tynan A. Jarrett

摘要

Trans students continue to face pervasive marginalization within higher education settings. To understand their lived experiences with gender-identity microaggressions, the authors used interpretative phenomenological analysis among trans undergraduate students (N = 4) at a Canadian university. The authors explored whether gender-identity microaggressions manifested differently in a national context undergoing legal reforms to protect trans, Two-Spirit, and nonbinary people (Hébert et al., 2022). Interview participants’ rich, nuanced, and often painful accounts supported and extended prior scholarship. Specifically, semi-structured interviews elucidated six microaggressions themes: (a) enduring transphobic language and comments, (b) experiencing erasure, (c) withstanding poking and prying, (d) being outed, (e) being dismissed and trivialized while reporting anti-trans discrimination, and (f) being subjected to cisgenderist, segregated, binary systems and structures. To underscore participants’ strength, resilience, and resistance, findings also documented participants’ engagement in emotion- and problem-focused strategic responses. The authors situate the findings within the extant literature, suggest directions for future research, and highlight the ongoing need for trans-affirming campus practices.