기독교 트랜스젠더 남성(FTM)의 삶에 대한 현상학적 연구

초록

This study was conducted to understand the lives of Christian transgender men who are religious and sexual minorities, focusing on how their faith interacts with the recognition of their gender identities and their coming out processes. Interviews were conducted with five transgender men who were either born into Christian families or baptized, and the collected data were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological method, yielding 57 meaning units, 22 sub-themes, and 8 main themes:“Body, Mind, and Difference from My Peers”, “The Church: Too Thorny to Hold Dear”, “Turmoil and Discord from Dysphoria to Self-Identification as Transgender”, “Overcoming the Clash Between Faith and Gender Identity”, “Coming Out to Family”, “Deciding to Transitioning: A Departure from ‘Performing’ Womanhood and Actualizing My True Self”, “Relationships Lost and Relationships Gained as My True Self” and “Christian Faith That Still Remains: This study was the first research on Christian men who are transgender and born into Christian families, providing foundational data for understanding the lives of transgender men experiences between the intersectional identities of being religious and sexual minorities, and suggested the knowledge and attitudes that counselors should be held to Christian transgender clients in counseling practice.

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