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Sofía Pereira-garcía
Dancing Queer Tango: An Experience of Queer Pedagogy in PESTE
Purpose: The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer/questioning students normally occupy a marginalized and at-risk position in classes and especially in physical education. In this paper, the authors explore the ways in which queer tango can contribute to counteracting heteronormativity and opening up students to new interactions and identifications through the performance of different gender performances in Physical Education and Sport Tertiary Education. Method: A queer tango session was carried out with 111 university students (91 men and 19 women aged 19–22 years). Data were obtained from interviews, video records, and open questionnaires about the practice. Results…
Abjection and alterity in the imagining of transgender in physical education and sport: a pedagogical approach in higher education
In physical education (PE) and sports there is little theoretical and empirical knowledge about transgender people, and particularly, on how they are and can be imagined within this context. In this paper, we present and analyze a pedagogical activity based on the reading and discussion of a fictional representation of a transgender person within a group of undergraduate students of Sport Sciences. Our theoretical frame situates abjection and alterity as opposing concepts on a continuum. Results show several ways in which a transgender person is imagined by students, as well as constraints and possibilities for the pedagogical proposal to promote moral imagining of transgender. Students sit…
Socio-ecological analysis of trans people’s participation in physical activity and sport
The purpose of this study is to explore and provide understanding of trans people’s participation in physical activity and sport through the socio-ecological perspective. A total of 43 Spanish trans people (21 trans women, 17 trans men and 5 with ‘other self-identifications’), between 15 and 62 years old, participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis identified six main themes, which highlight the multidimensional relations between individual, social and environmental factors in trans people’s participation in physical activity and sport. Results reveal that the importance of body appearance for ‘passing’ and the fear of being unmasked affect their participation. Trans peop…
Harassment patterns and risk profile in Spanish trans person
This article describes the harassment patterns and the risk profile in trans people living in Spain. A sample of 212 trans persons, aged 10-62, participated in this cross-sectional study. Results showed a high percentage of harassment (59.9%) and frequency of daily harassment (12.6%), especially verbal attacks (59%) that occurred in public spaces (49.1%) and within educational contexts (46.2%). Harassment is more prevalent in trans women than men. Those who disclose their gender identities at a younger age experience higher percentages and frequency of harassment than those who disclose at an older age. They also suffer more harassment of different types. The risk profile of harassment indi…
Experiencias de las personas trans en los vestuarios deportivos. Un espacio de intervención desde el trabajo social
Las personas utilizamos vestuarios en diferentes espacios y contextos deportivos. Por lo general, estos espacios son altamente sexuados y están pensados para que mujeres y hombres cisexuales los utilicen de forma separada. Por su fuerte carácter sexuado, los vestuarios generan incomodidad y conflicto en aquellas personas en las que su identidad de género no corresponde con su sexo asignado al nacer. De hecho, diversos estudios han considerado éstos como uno de los espacios más problemáticos para las personas trans. En concreto, los vestuarios que no cuentan con mecanismos que velen por la privacidad de los cuerpos, exigen su exposición pública, control y vigilancia. Las reacciones sociales …
Opening up to trans persons in Physical Education–Sport Tertiary Education: two case studies of recognition in queer pedagogy
ABSTRACTBackground: In western societies, commitment to social justice claims for politics of recognition when referring to gender diversity. Gender non-conforming people, such as trans persons, re...
Exploring Trans People's Narratives of Transition: Negotiation of Gendered Bodies in Physical Activity and Sport
This paper explores how trans people who make transitions negotiate their gendered bodies in different moments of this process, and how their narrative storylines are emplotted in physical activity and (non)organized sports (PAS) participation. A qualitative semi-structured interview-based study was developed to analyze the stories of eight trans people (three trans women, two trans men, and three nonbinary persons) who participated in PAS before and during their gender disclosure. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify the patterns in the transition process and the structural analysis of the stories from the interviews. Three transition moments (the closet, opening up, and reassurin…
Un estudio exploratorio de las experiencias de las personas trans en educación física
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LAS PERSONAS TRANS E INTERSEXUALES EN EL DEPORTE COMPETITIVO ESPAÑOL: TRES CASOS
La concepción cultural del deporte como una actividad predominantemente masculina ha dificultado la participación de algunos grupos sociales como mujeres, personas trans o intersexuales. El carácter sexuado del deporte se apoya en las diferencias fisiológicas entre mujeres y hombres, y una supuesta desventaja de las mujeres. Por ello, se establecen pruebas de sexo para las mujeres y el acceso de las personas trans e intersexuales se ve obstaculizado. En este estudio reconstruimos, a partir de las normativas y el contexto socio-histórico internacional, la evolución de la participación de personas trans e intersexuales en el deporte competitivo contemporáneo. Asimismo, se profundiza en la apl…
Looking back into trans persons’ experiences in heteronormative secondary physical education contexts
ABSTRACTBackground: School is one of the primary settings where non-gender conformer children and adolescents emerge as vulnerable groups at high risk of suffering violence and harassment. Within schooling contexts, embodied experiences in physical education (PE) may become particularly problematic for trans students. However, there is little research focusing on trans persons’s experiences in PE. The purpose of this paper is to gather memories and impressions of a group of adult trans persons on their experiences in secondary PE.Theoretical framework: The concept of heteronormativity is used as a theoretical framework to provide insights and understanding to trans persons’s experiences in …
Development and validation of the Barriers to Physical Activity and Sport Questionnaire for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning persons
Abstract Objective The objective of the study was to develop the Barriers to Physical Activity and Sport Questionnaire for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (BPASQ-LGBTQ+ [encompassing all spectrums of sexuality and gender]) persons (BPASQ-LGBT), which measures barriers using a socio-ecological model, and to validate it through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Study design Validation study. Methods First, content validity was achieved by (a) developing a bank of items, (b) discussing the adequacy of the items in a committee of experts and classifying the selected ones under three socio-ecological levels (intrapersonal, interpersonal, environmental) and (…
Experiences of trans persons in physical activity and sport: A qualitative meta-synthesis
• Language has negative consequences for trans people but also becomes an act of resistance.• Changing rooms are experienced as embarrassing and unsafe.• Trans persons use different strategies for ...
‘Brittle Bone Disease’ and Physical Education. An experience of simulation and imagination toward inclusion
La inclusion educativa reporta cada vez mas situaciones en las que se evidencia la necesidad de concretar propuestas especificas, como la inclusion de alumnado con Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) en Educacion Fisica. Asi, presentamos una iniciativa basada en una experiencia inclusiva previa (Martos-Garcia & Valencia-Peris, 2016), en la que se decidio simular e imaginar a una persona con OI en una sesion de formacion del profesorado en Educacion Especial. Los objetivos pasan por cambiar las actitudes de las personas participantes, proporcionarles informacion relativa a la OI y evaluar la idoneidad educativa de esta propuesta, ubicada en un paradigma post-critico. Mediante la utilizacion de obse…