Transgender Coping Strategies Dealing with Family Members in Penang, Malaysia
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
This qualitative study was conducted in Penang, Malaysia. The study aims to analyze patterns of family member’s acceptance level due to their children’s transgender identity existence. In the same time, this study aims to gather in-depth understanding on transgender coping strategies towards family member’s acceptance level due to their transgender identity. Selection of 18 respondents was through the snowballing sampling technique due to the difficulty of getting the targeted respondents. Respondents who have participated in this study were among transgender populations between the ages of 18-40. Two (2) major themes have been identified in this study. The significant findings include: The existence of family acceptance and rejection towards their children’s transgender identity and (2) Youth transgender experienced negative and positive coping strategies towards family member’s acceptance and rejection due to their transgender identity. The study findings indicated that a total of 7 out of 18 respondents have experienced family members’ rejection due to their gender identity. This study suggests that both government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could play a role in educating family member and society in coping with their love one who identify as transgender.
Authors and Affiliations
Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh, R. B. Radin Firdaus, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan, Abdul Rais Abdul Latif, Mohd Haizzan Yahaya
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- EP ID EP559505
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i2/3857
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