"ME GUSTARÍA SER MILITAR". REPRODUCCIÓN DE LA MASCULINIDAD HEGEMÓNICA EN LA PATOLOGIZACIÓN DE LA TRANSEXUALIDAD/"I WOULD LIKE TO BE A SOLDIER". REPRODUCTION OF THE HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY IN THE PATOLOGIZATION OF TRANSSEXUALITY

The World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association categorize transsexuality as a pathology, under the names of "gender identity disorder" and "gender dysphoria" respectively. In the Spanish context, Ley 3/2007, also known as the "Gender Identity Law"...

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Published in:Prisma social 2014-12 (13), p.407
Main Authors: Coll-Planas, Gerard, Missé, Miquel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Armed forces
Disorders
Eye movements
Gender
Language culture relationship
LGBTQ studies
Masculinity
Self concept
Spanish language
Stereotypes
Transsexuality
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Summary:The World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association categorize transsexuality as a pathology, under the names of "gender identity disorder" and "gender dysphoria" respectively. In the Spanish context, Ley 3/2007, also known as the "Gender Identity Law", establishes that in order to change one's official gender, one must provide, among other requirements, a certificate for such diagnoses. UTIGs (Unities for Gender Identity Disorder), located in the psychiatric division of several public hospitals, are responsible for the expedition of such certificates, once undergone a process that can take up to two years. In this article we analyze the construction of gender and masculinity underlying the official medical discourse about transsexuality. We conclude that those discourses establish a pathologizing, binarist, biologistic gaze, which, in the case of trans men, foments hegemonic masculinity stereotypes.
ISSN:1989-3469