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Skewed Transgender Narratives in Western Media
Hans-Georg Moeller1, Jorge Ponseti2
1Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Macau, Macau, SAR China.
Abstract:
This essay compares representations of transgender people in Western mass and social media with data drawn from studies on transgender individuals. Three differences between the surveyed data and the media representations stand out: (1) while Western media focus on male-to-female (M-F) individuals, most transgender people in Western societies today are female-to-male (F-M). (2) Western media representations of transgender individuals highlight glamorous, successful people. Empirical data show that the socioeconomic status of transgender individuals in Western societies tends to be lower than that of nontransgender people. (3) In Western media, the transitioning process of transgender people is often portrayed as a successful soteriological journey of becoming one's "true self." Medical surveys show that transgender people suffer from psychological and physical problems both before and after transitioning. It is concluded that the disparity between the empirical data and the media narratives on transgender people is due to the persistence of neoliberal narratives in Western media.
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