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Buitengewoon grensoverschrijdend. Sportervaringen van transgenders

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  • Agnes Elling

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Sport practices can be regarded as specifically confronting environments for transgenders, due the central position of the body and the gendered structures (changing room, competitions) and cultures in mainstream sports. In this article the results of a qualitative study about sport participation and gender negotiations of transgender prior to, during and after transition, are presented. The sports biographies show that sports were indeed experienced as rather ‘dangerous’ environments for many transgender people, especially for transwomen. However, sports were not only regarded as places where shame and/or control of the ‘wrong’ body occurred. Some sports environments were perceived as safe or even as places of resistance and physical awareness and pride of the ‘right’ body were also expressed through sports. Moreover, the results illustrate that binary gender categorisations were both challenged and reproduced through sports’ participation

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2012-06-12

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