"Transgender studies, also called trans studies or trans* studies, is an interdisciplinary field of academic research dedicated to the study of gender identity, gender expression, and gender embodiment, as well as to the study of various issues of relevance to transgender and gender variant populations."
The study of gender identity and expression outside of the male-female binary.
"Interdisciplinary subfields of transgender studies include applied transgender studies, transgender history, transgender literature, transgender media studies, transgender anthropology and archaeology, transgender psychology, and transgender health."
"The discipline emerged in the early 1990s in close connection to queer theory."
"Non-transgender-identified peoples are often also included under the 'trans' umbrella for transgender studies, such as intersex people, crossdressers, drag artists, third gender individuals, and genderqueer people."
"The research theories within transgender studies focus on cultural presentations, political movements, social organizations, and the lived experience of various forms of gender nonconformity."
"Transgender studies provides responses to negative points of views about transgender people."
"Those negative misconceptions could be the narrow and inaccurate transgender state in psychology and medicine, etc."
"The ultimate goal of transgender studies is to provide knowledge that will benefit transgender people and communities."
"In the countries that openly oppose transgender rights, trans studies are almost non-existent."
"Transgender studies [...] is dedicated to the study of gender identity, gender expression, and gender embodiment."
"Transgender media studies, transgender anthropology and archaeology, transgender psychology, and transgender health."
"Transgender studies is an interdisciplinary field of academic research."
"Transgender studies [...] is dedicated to the study of various issues of relevance to transgender and gender variant populations."
"The research theories within transgender studies focus on cultural presentations, political movements, social organizations, and the lived experience of various forms of gender nonconformity."
"The ultimate goal of transgender studies is to provide knowledge that will benefit transgender people and communities."
"Those negative misconceptions could be the narrow and inaccurate transgender state in psychology and medicine, etc."
"Non-transgender-identified peoples are often also included under the 'trans' umbrella for transgender studies, such as intersex people, crossdressers, drag artists, third gender individuals, and genderqueer people."
"Interdisciplinary subfields of transgender studies include applied transgender studies, transgender history, transgender literature, transgender media studies, transgender anthropology and archaeology, transgender psychology, and transgender health."
"The discipline emerged in the early 1990s in close connection to queer theory."
"Transgender studies provides responses to negative points of views about transgender people."