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Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study

Abstract Little is known about the factors contributing to become transgender women in a Muslim country. Thus, this study aims to explore the past experience and factors contributed to become transgender among transgender women. Transgender women in Kuantan, Pahang were invited to participat...

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Main Authors: Said, Abdul Hadi, Mohd, Farah Natashah, Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah, Lestari, Widya, Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari, Draman, Samsul
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Published: Ektodermal Displazi Grubu 2023
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H Social Sciences (General)
R Medicine (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.1042932023-05-08T05:09:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/104293/ Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study Said, Abdul Hadi Mohd, Farah Natashah Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah Lestari, Widya Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari Draman, Samsul H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine (General) Abstract Little is known about the factors contributing to become transgender women in a Muslim country. Thus, this study aims to explore the past experience and factors contributed to become transgender among transgender women. Transgender women in Kuantan, Pahang were invited to participate in an audiotaped in-depth interviews in 2021, conducted in Malay using a topic guide. The qualitative data were recorded, transcribed and analysed using framework analysis. Majority of the respondents (n=8) admitted they have the tendency of becoming females since childhood. Some were being treated as females and they grew up with strong perceptions that they should be female. They found their circles of transgender women later in their life when they were not supported by family members. Most of the respondents agreed that they work as sex workers because of their own desire and had history of being discriminated at work. Ektodermal Displazi Grubu 2023-03-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/104293/2/104293_Exploring%20past%20experience%20of%20becoming%20a%20transgender%20woman.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/104293/3/104293_Exploring%20past%20experience%20of%20becoming%20a%20transgender%20woman_SCOPUS.pdf Said, Abdul Hadi and Mohd, Farah Natashah and Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah and Lestari, Widya and Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari and Draman, Samsul (2023) Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study. Journal of International Dental and Medical Research, 16 (1). pp. 224-230. ISSN 1309-100X http://www.jidmr.com/journal/
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
R Medicine (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
R Medicine (General)
Said, Abdul Hadi
Mohd, Farah Natashah
Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah
Lestari, Widya
Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari
Draman, Samsul
Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
description Abstract Little is known about the factors contributing to become transgender women in a Muslim country. Thus, this study aims to explore the past experience and factors contributed to become transgender among transgender women. Transgender women in Kuantan, Pahang were invited to participate in an audiotaped in-depth interviews in 2021, conducted in Malay using a topic guide. The qualitative data were recorded, transcribed and analysed using framework analysis. Majority of the respondents (n=8) admitted they have the tendency of becoming females since childhood. Some were being treated as females and they grew up with strong perceptions that they should be female. They found their circles of transgender women later in their life when they were not supported by family members. Most of the respondents agreed that they work as sex workers because of their own desire and had history of being discriminated at work.
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author Said, Abdul Hadi
Mohd, Farah Natashah
Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah
Lestari, Widya
Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari
Draman, Samsul
author_facet Said, Abdul Hadi
Mohd, Farah Natashah
Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah
Lestari, Widya
Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari
Draman, Samsul
author_sort Said, Abdul Hadi
title Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
title_short Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
title_full Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
title_fullStr Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from Malaysian Muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
title_sort exploring past experience of becoming a transgender woman: perspective from malaysian muslim transgender women: a qualitative study
publisher Ektodermal Displazi Grubu
publishDate 2023
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/104293/2/104293_Exploring%20past%20experience%20of%20becoming%20a%20transgender%20woman.pdf
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