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Sociological Study of the Life Courses of Young TRANSgender Patients

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Transgenderism
Interventions
Other: collection of biographical and sociological data
Registration Number
NCT06221163
Lead Sponsor
Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Brief Summary

The number of people consulting for a request related to trans identity is increasing sharply. The study monocentric qualitative study of discursive material aims to describe the diversity of practices and discourses mobilized by the people concerned and their relatives in the wake of work already carried out in the human sciences. Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives.The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours of observation.

Detailed Description

The number of people consulting for a request related to trans identity is increasing sharply. The study aims to describe the diversity of practices and discourses mobilized by the people concerned and their relatives in the wake of work already carried out in the human sciences.

The care pathway is a central determinant of transgender experiences and differentiated care pathways indicate differentiated relationships to medicalisation and gender, which translate into practices. For the moment, transgender people who do not wish to preserve their fertility or who are not hormonally treated are over-represented in the sample. It is extremely important to gain access to the population that turns to the Reproductive Medicine Service.

The consultation is a place where knowledge (medical, activist, etc.) circulates and meets, which can then be re-appropriated or negotiated by transgender people. While interviews alone are not enough to describe this re-appropriation and negotiation, it is possible to do so through observations of consultations.

Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives.

The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours of observation.

Patients are given a 'flyer' at the time of their consultation on which the interviewer's contact details are given. They are free to contact the interviewer to find out when and where an interview might take place (outside hospital).

The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours of observation. Discussions during the interview are recorded using a voice recording device, then transcribed in full in Word and anonymised. Discussions during consultations were recorded using notes, then formatted in Word and anonymised.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • transgender
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refusal by the patient.
  • Refusal by the patient's legal guardian.
  • Person under guardianship

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Young transgendercollection of biographical and sociological dataTransgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department for a request related to the preservation of their fertility or hormone therapy, as well as parents/family members present at the time of the appointment. The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Ethnographic observations of consultations to study relation to care pathway for transgender people1 year

Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives. Patients are given a flyer at the time of their consultation on which the interviewer's contact details are given. They are free to contact the interviewer to find out when and where an interview might take place (outside hospital).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Ethnographic observations of transgender consultations in the Reproductive Medicine Department1 year

Ethnographic observations of consultations in the Reproductive Medicine Department. The investigator is present during consultations with transgender patients and takes notes of what he observes and hears. He ensures that those present give their informed consent at the start of the appointment.

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