"Jeg tenkte at jo mindre jeg bevegde på meg, jo mindre av kroppen min synes" : åtte transkjønnede elevers erfaringer med kroppsøving / Runa Næss Korshavn et al.

• This study explores how transgender students experience participating in physical education classes in Norway. We seek to understand the barriers in physical education, and factors that enables participation in spite of these. The study draws upon eight retrospective interviews with participants aged 17 to 25, who identify as transgender at the time of the interviews. In this present analysis of the former studentsʼ narratives, we use a bodily phenomenological approach and Judith Butlerʼs concept of heteronormativity to understand how the subject articulates the studentsʼ lived experiences. All participants have experiences with attributed gender as a structuring principle in education and as a basis for how they are expected to behave and perform in class. The narratives highlight how transgender students engage in physical classes and view themselves in the context of peers, body and gender. It becomes notable that perceiving oneself as dissimilar and set apart as a transgender person affects how one perceives participating in physical education. Hence, the feeling of «being on display» carries weight when transgender students negotiate their involvement in physical education classes. It also becomes apparent that participating in physical education classes is perceived as an arena where oneʼs transgender identity is exposed and might be revealed. Additionally, physical touch is portrayed as uncomfortable and presents an additional risk of feeling exposed and at risk of unveiling oneʼs transgender identity. Finally, the gendered changing rooms introduces an additional barrier and areis presented as unsettling among the transgender students.?In closing, this analysis uncovers the process in which the transgender students embody the expectations of others, leading them to adopt an external outlook regarding their own bodies in how they carry and perceive themselves during physical education classes. Finally, questions are raised about what consequences the study should have for inclusion in physical education. 

Ämnesord

Transpersoner  (kao)

Trangender people  (kao//eng)

Ungdomar  (kao)

Youth  (kao//eng)

Idrottsundervisning  (kao)

Physical education and training  (kao//eng)

Heteronormativitet  (kao)

Heteronormativity  (kao//eng)

Cis  (kao)

Cis  (kao//eng)

Norge  (kao)

Norway  (kao//eng)