Construction of trans subjectivity from the occupation understood as doing, being and becoming

Abstract

Introduction: This research inquires the influence of the binary gender system on the construction of the trans subject from the perspective of Doing and the potential of becoming, in the Chilean socio-cultural and political context, focusing on the experiences of the participants through the rescue of history occupational. Objectives: Analyze the construction of the trans subject through doing, being and becoming based on their narratives, the Chilean social structure in which they develop, visualizing the influence on their health states. Method: From a qualitative perspective with focus on situated knowledge, the methodology of narrative productions and discontinuous techniques is used to multiple voices. The information was collected through individual interviews and a focus group. Results: The transit process is presented as an occupational continuum, identifying the performativization of gender through occupation, such as bodily transformations, in the construction of subjectivity. In addition, a sociocultural and political context that violates rights is identified, which impacts on health and participation in collective occupations. Conclusions: Occupation is presented as a reproductive element of the binary sex-gender system, however, it can also be understood as a tool of emancipation insofar as it transgresses it. In this sense, Occupational Therapy is called upon to promote collective occupations that enhance the capacity of agency of abject subjects, determining favorable health states.