Both Ashley and Bradford, Rider, and Spencer use the term gender euphoria to describe positive gender-related emotions that might emerge from transitioning, a term that has become more common in trans communities in recent years.
Similarly, Bradford, Rider, and Spencer (2019) have called for future research to go beyond deficit and distress-based models of trans identities. Ashley (2019) has argued that demanding that trans patients present with gender dysphoria is dehumanizing, and that there are other valid reasons a trans person might pursue medical transition, such as gender euphoria or creative transfiguration. But increasingly, trans communities and scholars are pushing back against this focus on dysphoria to make space for discussions of more positive aspects of trans experiences. Transgender people are born in the wrong body, so they experience great distress over their sex characteristics and use hormones and surgery to change their bodies and eliminate their distress-or so the story goes. In both medical and mainstream discussions, gender dysphoria is nearly synonymous with transness itself. "Moving from Gender Dysphoria to Gender Euphoria: Trans Experiences of Positive Gender-Related Emotions." Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies 1 (1-2): 119-143.
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Our findings emphasize the value of prioritizing euphoria, happiness, and safety in gender-affirming care. We contextualize these findings within the gender minority stress model to explore the link between gender euphoria, dysphoria, and health and well-being generally. Gender euphoria can range from feelings of intense joy accompanying the attainment of milestones in gender transition through to a more consistent sense of calmness and relief occurring later in transition. We found that gender euphoria refers to positive emotions resulting from affirmation of one’s gender identity or expression and can include a wide variety of emotions and experiences. To fill this gap, we conducted qualitative interviews with five trans individuals. Broadly defined as positive gender-related emotions, the concept has become more common in trans communities in recent years but has received little academic attention. While trans identities are typically understood through the distress-based concept of gender dysphoria, some trans people use the term gender euphoria to describe their experiences. Trans Experiences of Positive Gender-Related Emotions Moving from Gender Dysphoria to Gender Euphoria
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