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Gender Affirmation and Body Modification Among Transgender Persons in Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Body modification technologies and transvestite and trans people in Argentina: A quantitative study on inequalities in use and access.Salud colectiva · 2025Observational
- Access to healthcare for Trans, Travestis, and Gender-Diverse people in Latin America: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Perceived Feasibility and Acceptability of HIV Prevention Research With Daily Oral PrEP Among Young Transgender Women (YTGW) Who Sell or Trade Sex in Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2024Article
- Bodies of desire: use of nonprescribed hormones among transgender women and travestis in five Brazilian capitals (2019-2021).Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- A life course health development model of HIV vulnerabilities and resiliencies in young transgender women in Peru.Global health research and policy · 2023Article
- Supporting Gender-Related Medical Decision Making for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals: A Scoping Review.Transgender health · 2023Article
- Applying implementation science frameworks to identify factors that influence the intention of healthcare providers to offer PrEP care and advocate for PrEP in HIV clinics in Colombia: a cross-sectional study.Implementation science communications · 2022Article
- Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8.International journal of transgender health · 2022Article
- Filler Use Among Trans Women: Correlates of Feminizing Subcutaneous Injections and Their Health Consequences.Transgender health · 2021Article
- Human rights and legal dimensions of self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Article
- The social context of hormone and silicone injection among Puerto Rican transwomen.Culture, health & sexuality · 2018Article
- Factors Associated with Gender-Affirming Surgery and Age of Hormone Therapy Initiation Among Transgender Adults.Transgender health · 2017Article
- Integrated and Gender-Affirming Transgender Clinical Care and Research.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Article
- Gender Affirmation and Resiliency Among Black Transgender Women With and Without HIV Infection.Transgender health · 2016Article
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Abstract
This paper examined structural, social, and personal characteristics that shape the processes of gender affirmation and body modification among transgender persons (assigned male at birth) in Bogotá, Colombia. Qualitative data from life-history interviews (N=14) and a focus group (N=11) explored research questions concerning the ways in which the internal psychological and external contextual processes influence individuals' decisions and behaviors concerning hormonal treatment, injections, or surgery. Research questions concerning practices and consequences of treatment performed without medical supervision were addressed through qualitative data, as well as quantitative data from 58 transgender participants. Findings indicated variation in ways participants conceptualized gender (e.g., binary or fluid), but an increased feminine presentation was a strong personal desire expressed by many and often encouraged by romantic partners and transgender friends. Transgender individuals within participants' social networks were frequently instrumental not only in providing information about hormones and contouring injections, but also in carrying out procedures-sometimes with negative consequences. Body modification procedures occurred primarily outside the health care system, due to limited access to or awareness of medical care, societal stigma, social norms within the transgender community, and personal decision-making. Public health approaches to protect the health of transgender persons undergoing body modification were suggested.
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