%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°It was like I had to fit into a category¡±: Care
%A Erika Alm
%A Ida Linander
%A Isabel Goicolea
%A Lisa Harryson
%J Health
%@ 1461-7196
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1363459317708824
%X The few previous studies investigating regulation of gender in trans-specific healthcare are mainly based on text material and interviews with care-providers or consist solely of theoretical analyses. There is a lack of studies analysing how the regulation of gender is expressed in the care-seeker¡¯s own experiences, especially in a Nordic context. The aim of this study is to analyse narratives of individuals with trans experiences (sometimes called transgender people) to examine how gender performances can be regulated in trans-specific care in Sweden. The conceptual framework is inspired by trans studies, a Foucauldian analysis of power, queer phenomenology and the concept of cisnormativity. Fourteen interviews with people with trans experiences are analysed with constructivist grounded theory. The participants¡¯ experiences indicate that gender is constructed as norm-conforming, binary and stable in trans-specific healthcare. This gendered position is resisted, negotiated and embraced by the care-seekers. Norms and discourses both inside and outside trans-specific care contribute to the regulation and limit the room for action for care-users. We conclude that a trans-specific care that has a confirming approach to its care-users, instead of the current focus on gender norm conformity, has the potential to increase the self-determination of gender performance and increase the quality of care
%K gender and health
%K grounded theory
%K patient¨Cphysician relationships
%K phenomenological approaches
%K post-structuralism/postmodernism
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1363459317708824