Expanding on the Experiences of Transgender Nonreligious People: An Exploratory Analysis

Building on research that points out the specific forms of marginalization that transgender and nonreligious people face in contemporary U.S. society, this exploratory analysis focuses on the experiences of transgender nonreligious people who were raised in religious households. Utilizing interviews...

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Published in:Secularism and Nonreligion
Main Author: Mathers, Lain (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2017]
In: Secularism and Nonreligion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Transgender / Irreligiousness
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Gender & (non)religion
B Transgender Studies
B Transgender Nonreligious Populations
B Gender & (non)religious Inequalities
B (non)religious socialization
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Summary:Building on research that points out the specific forms of marginalization that transgender and nonreligious people face in contemporary U.S. society, this exploratory analysis focuses on the experiences of transgender nonreligious people who were raised in religious households. Utilizing interviews with eleven formerly religious, now nonreligious, transgender people I draw out some of the future pathways scholars of nonreligion should take to better account for the lives of transgender nonreligious people in scholarship on nonreligion. Specifically, scholars of nonreligion should begin analyzing transgender nonreligious people’s experiences in religious settings, with family, and with organizations and networks outside of religion. I conclude by discussing the ways this study can shed light on the broader processes by which inequality is reproduced and make suggestions for nonreligious leaders to make room for and listen to transgender people in nonreligious spaces.
ISSN:2053-6712
Contains:Enthalten in: Secularism and Nonreligion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5334/snr.84