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    Gabby Rose Campana

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    Presentation: 5:00-6:30, LTC Studio

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    Description

    This project explores the ways in which transgender and gender non-conforming undergraduate students experience trans joy at Catholic universities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with current undergraduate students who had completed one semester at a Catholic university and identified as transgender and/or gender non-conforming. The project utilizes descriptive methods that identify common themes across participant interviews. Participants expressed that online communities, close friendships, romantic relationships, and access to affirming medical care impacted the joy they felt in their identity. These findings have important implications on the types of support transgender and gender non-conforming students at Catholic institutions need and, moving beyond just support, what experiences help to cultivate joy.

    Publication Date

    4-17-2024

    Project Designation

    Graduate Research

    Primary Advisor

    Graham F. Hunter

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Counselor Education and Human Services

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium, School of Education and Health Sciences, student affairs

    Institutional Learning Goals

    Diversity; Community; Critical Evaluation of Our Times

    The Power of Trans Joy at a Catholic University

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