Do You Have a Dick? The Emergence of a Transgender Woman From a Stolen Past

Abstract

The purpose of this narrative study is to understand the experience of a transgender woman through the process of self-discovery in contrast to a society often in opposition to transness in a rural town in the Rocky Mountain region. The findings of this study illustrate the perseverance of gender identity despite personal and cultural obstacles. The results provide further evidence of gender identity as personal, persistent, developing, and undeniable. The alternative writing of this story is designed to capture the unique story of a young woman whose trans community has been overlooked by traditional research writing.