Abstract
This paper describes an aspect of a larger research project using mixed methods to develop a transgender resilience measure. We highlight how our approach “queers” mixed methods research. We center transgender and nonbinary (TNB) voices throughout our research process, disrupting conventional scale development methods and ultimately (trans)forming traditional conceptualizations of resilience, which emphasize individual recovery from adversity. Historically, TNB research has perpetuated marginalization and is rooted in cisnormativity. By understanding resilience from the theoretical frameworks of gender minority stress, the transgender resilience intervention model, and intersectionality, our conceptualization of TNB resilience rejects assumptions of cisnormativity, binary normativity, and ultimately transforms our understanding of resilience. This case study exemplifies one way to queer mixed methods research to reflect TNB people’s experiences.
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