On the imposition of the gender system and transphobia: Gender creative children and trans* youths' life stories

Abstract

The situation of children, adolescents and youths with non-traditional gender expressions or identities is critical within educational environments due to the high frequency of transphobic cases in Spanish primary and secondary schools. Through interviews, writings, lifelines and body maps of Andalusian gender creative children and trans* youth, this article identifies forms of violence that are key to understanding the socio-cultural roots of transphobic violence. Additionally, the forms of contestation and social and political transformation that children and youths develop to resist the sex-gender system are studied.