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How do ‘Out’ Black transgender women living and working in Johannesburg navigate and respond to their workspaces?
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/130256 How do ‘Out’ Black transgender women living and working in Johannesburg navigate and respond to their workspaces? Shibambu, Lesego Francis, Dennis A. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. Black women -- South Africa Transgender women -- South Africa -- Social conditions Transgender women -- Psychological aspects Johannesburg (South Africa) UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a qualitative study that explores how ‘Out’ Black transgender women living and working in Johannesburg navigate and respond within their workspaces. The word ‘Out’ is used to identify transgender women who are open about their identity in the workplace. Cisgenderism is a key facet of workplace culture; therefore, the study seeks to unpack how cisgenderism and heteronormativity affect Black transgender women in the workplace. The data for this study is drawn from semi-structured in-depth interviews with seven self-identified transgender women working in Johannesburg. Dress style and expression have always been important identification markers for trans women, which is vital for this research. Thematic analysis was the method of analysis utilised to indicate various ways Black transgender women navigate the work environment. Employing “Black” as a category is imperative as it highlights how the legacy of Apartheid has left Black transgender women on the margins of society. The intersection of race, class, and gender identity continues to position Black transgender women at a disadvantage, particularly in organisational contexts. Five key themes were identified, these themes are Hostility in the Workplace; Workplace Binaries and Cisgenderism; Workplace Intervention Strategies for Dealing with Trans Issues; Support and Care for Trans Women, In and Outside the Workplace and Navigating Romance as a Trans Woman. The findings also demonstrate how hostile and cisgendered workplaces are for transgender women and how institutional culture re-enforces cisheteronormativity. This research highlights that transgender women feel less supported by management in the workplace, and workplace policies lack preventative measures to eliminate discrimination. The workplace continues to be shaped by legacies of race, gender, and sexual classification, which are detrimental to the workplace experiences of Black transgender women. Supportive networks, both in and out of the organisation, are important for transgender women, and the lack of supportive networks hinders how transgender women navigate the workplace. Lastly, the theoretical underpinnings of the study are intersectionality and cisgenderism, which unpack how social categories such as race, class, gender, and sexuality continue to impact how ‘Out’ Black transgender women navigate and respond within their workspaces. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is kwalitatief van aard en dit verken hoe ‘Uit’ Swart transgender vroue, wie leef en werk binne Johannesburg, koers vind en reageer binne hul werksplekke. Die term ‘Uit’ word gebruik om transgender vroue, wie oop is oor hul identiteit in die werksplek, te identifiseer. Cisseksualiteit is ‘n kern faset van werksplek kultuur; dus, hierdie studie ondersoek hoe cisseksualiteit en heteronormatiwiteit Swart transgender vroue affekteer binne die werksplek. Die data van hierdie studie was getrek vanaf semi-gestruktureerde in-diepte onderhoude met sewe self-identifiseerde transgender vroue wie werk in Johannesburg. Die styl van aantrek en uitdrukking was nog altyd belangrike kenmerke van trans vroue - wat ook van kardinale belang is vir hierdie navorsing. Tematiese data analise was die metode gebruik om die verskeie maniere waarop Swart transgender vroue die werks-omgewing navigeer uit te lig. Die toepassing van “Swart” as ‘n kategorie is uiters belangrik in hierdie studie want dit plaas klem op hoe die nalatenskap van Apartheid Swart transgender vroue op die marge van die samelewing plaas. Die interseksie van ras, klas en gender identiteit gaan voort om Swart transgender vroue te benadeel, veral binne organisatoriese kontekste. Die bevindinge van hierdie studie bewys hoe vyandiggesind en cisgenderig werksplekke teenoor transgender vroue is, asook hoe institusionele waardes en kulture cisheteronormatiwiteit versterk. Hierdie navorsing bewys dat transgender vroue voel minder geondersteund deur die bestuur in hul werksplekke, en dat werksplekke se beleide onvoldoende is aan voorkomende maatreёls om diskriminasie te elimineer. Die werksplek gaan voort om gevorm te word deur die nalatenskap van ras, gender en seksuele kategorisering wat nadelig is tot die werksplekervaring van Swart transgender vroue. Interessant genoeg, die onderhoude het van koers verander by die liefdeslewens van die deelnemers. Ondersteuningsnetwerke, beide binne en buite die organisasies is uiters belangrik vir vlakke van produktiwiteit, en die gebrek aan ondersteuningsnetwerke verhinder die navigasie van transgender vroue in die werksplek. Laastens, die teoretiese onderbou van hierdie studie is interseksionaliteit en cisseksualisme wat bloot stel hoe kategorieё soos ras, klas, gender en seksualiteit aanhou die ervaring van Swart transgender vroue, en hoe hulle koers vind en reageer binne hul werksplekke, beïnvloed. Masters 2024-02-29T13:45:38Z 2024-04-26T10:59:22Z 2024-02-29T13:45:38Z 2024-04-26T10:59:22Z 2024-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/130256 en Stellenbosch University v, 121 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
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| title | How do ‘Out’ Black transgender women living and working in Johannesburg navigate and respond to their workspaces? |
| title_full | How do ‘Out’ Black transgender women living and working in Johannesburg navigate and respond to their workspaces? |
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| title_sort | how do out black transgender women living and working in johannesburg navigate and respond to their workspaces |
| topic | Black women -- South Africa Transgender women -- South Africa -- Social conditions Transgender women -- Psychological aspects Johannesburg (South Africa) UCTD |
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