To Explore the Basis of Prejudice in Gender Conforming Individuals Against Transgender People in the Indian Context

Osheen Mahajan

To Explore the Basis of Prejudice in Gender Conforming Individuals Against Transgender People in the Indian Context

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To Explore the Basis of Prejudice in Gender Conforming Individuals Against Transgender People in the Indian Context

Osheen Mahajan

Undergraduate Student of Psychology, University of Delhi, India. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-2484-3398 Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.135.20221001

DOI: 10.25215/1001.135

ABSTRACT

Transphobia and prejudice against trans people is a widely promulgated social phenomenon. In the view of growing psychological and scientific interest in understanding this type of prejudice and its basis, this study aims at identifying perspectives used in contemporary psychological literature, to explain prejudice against trans individuals by cisgenders (or gender-conforming individuals) in the Indian Context.

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Gender, Gender Identity, Cisgender, Transphobia, Trans Prejudice

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How to cite this article: Mahajan O. (2022). To Explore the Basis of Prejudice in Gender Conforming Individuals Against Transgender People in the Indian Context. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(1), 1319-1331. DIP:18.01.135.20221001, DOI:10.25215/1001.135