Transgender studies

A subfield of LGBT studies, transgender studies provides an approach to gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and sexuality studies by studying the intersections of sex and gender with identity and culture. Interdisciplinary subfields of transgender studies include transgender history, transgender literature & film, transgender anthropology & archaeology, transgender psychology, transgender health, etc. Other non-transgender-identified peoples are often also included under the "trans" umbrella for transgender studies, such as intersex peoples, crossdressers, drag artists, other-gendered or other-sexed individuals, and genderfluid, etc. peoples.

Theories utilized

• queer theory

Subfields

• intersex biology

  Study of intersexuality throughout the biological world.

• transgender anthropology / transgender sociology

  The anthropological study of trans peoples and cultures and their interactions with(in) cisgender societies.

• transgender health / intersex health

  Study of endocrinology and surgical methods to help trans and intersex people. Includes trans and intersex sexual health.

• transgender history / transgender archaeology

  Recovering the buried trans people of history.

• transgender literature

  Literature studies by trans authors and works featuring trans characters. Film studies (trans people in film) is often included under literature as well.

• transgender psychology

  The psychology of the transgender experience. Roots of the mental formation of gender identity. Also includes trans gender roles in animals (animal psychology).