TY - JOUR
T1 - Pronouns and Experiences of Misgendering Among Nonbinary Black Womxn
AU - Kerney, Monyae A.
AU - Singh, Anneliese
AU - Vigil, Kasey
AU - Hargons, Candice N.
AU - Malone, Natalie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Psychological Association
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The purpose of this community-based participatory action research (Schensul et al., 2008) study led by a team of sexual and gender minority Black womxn researchers and community members formed the Collective Infiltrating Research to Center Community, Liberation, and Embodiment was to examine the gendered-racial existence of nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) in connection to intersecting milieu (i.e., lan guage, sexuality, spirituality and sacredness, ecology). Researchers utilized purposive sampling to recruit 11 participants whose responses to semistructured qualitative interviews addressed the following: How do NBBWperceive the importance of pronoun use and experiences of misgendering? Interpretive pheno menological analysis resulted in four principal themes: (a) inner work and outer worlds, (b) variability in usage, (c) internal and external affirmation, and (d) internal and external invalidation. Regarding experiences of misgendering, twoprincipalthemeswere coconstructed:(a) manifestationsof misgenderingand(b) affec tive outcomes. Limitations and implications informing the future of research and gender-affirming clinical practice with gender-diverse Black womxn are discussed.
AB - The purpose of this community-based participatory action research (Schensul et al., 2008) study led by a team of sexual and gender minority Black womxn researchers and community members formed the Collective Infiltrating Research to Center Community, Liberation, and Embodiment was to examine the gendered-racial existence of nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) in connection to intersecting milieu (i.e., lan guage, sexuality, spirituality and sacredness, ecology). Researchers utilized purposive sampling to recruit 11 participants whose responses to semistructured qualitative interviews addressed the following: How do NBBWperceive the importance of pronoun use and experiences of misgendering? Interpretive pheno menological analysis resulted in four principal themes: (a) inner work and outer worlds, (b) variability in usage, (c) internal and external affirmation, and (d) internal and external invalidation. Regarding experiences of misgendering, twoprincipalthemeswere coconstructed:(a) manifestationsof misgenderingand(b) affec tive outcomes. Limitations and implications informing the future of research and gender-affirming clinical practice with gender-diverse Black womxn are discussed.
KW - gender identity
KW - misgendering
KW - nonbinary Black womxn
KW - phenomenology
KW - pronouns
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U2 - 10.1037/sgd0000735
DO - 10.1037/sgd0000735
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85195563432
SN - 2329-0382
JO - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
JF - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
ER -