TORSDAG 21 APRIL, ONLINE

Welcome to the Thursday seminar:
YOUNG PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH – AFFECTIVE LABOUR, CISNORMATIVITY AND REVISITING THE MINORITY STRESS MODEL
Ida Linander, Research Fellow in Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University

ABOUT THE SEMINAR: Lgbtq people, and especially trans people, tend to report worse mental health than heterosexual and cis people. This has generally been explained using the minority stress model (Hendricks & Testa 2012, Meyer 2003). In this seminar I will be drawing on interviews with young trans people (16-25 years old) living in Sweden on their mental health, analyzed together with theories on cisnormativity and affective labour. I argue that such theories and analysis can complement the minority stress model. And maybe also challenge parts of it?

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Ida Linander is a research fellow in public health, Department of epidemiology and global health, Umeå University and is also affiliated to Umeå Centre for Gender Studies. Ida’s research concerns lgbtq people’s experiences of health and healthcare, sexual and reproductive health, as well as issues of safety and separatism. Currently runs a Forte-financed project on the mental health of young trans people.

REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO ACCESS THE ZOOM-LINK.
The Centre for Gender Research’s Thursday seminars reflect the breath of gender research and touch upon many different research areas.
This seminar is held in English.
OPEN FOR ALL! 

Young Trans People’s Mental Health
TORSDAG 21 APRIL
KLOCKAN 13:15
Onlineevenemang
Evenemang av Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University