HELP NEEDED FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS GENDERQUEER/TRANSGENDER

I am a graduate student seeking volunteers in the San Fancisco Bay Area for my research about individuals who feel the gender binary (male/female, masculine/feminine) is too limiting. Volunteers will be asked to participate in a brief phone screening procedure. If you are found to match the study criteria, you will be invited to participate in a confidential interview, where you will be asked about your experience of gender.

My hope is that this study will contribute to, and expand, the current understanding of people who do not identify with the gender binary (male/female, masculine/feminine), and that it will help mental health professionals begin to understand that gender-variance and gender non-conformity are not an illness. It may also offer you the opportunity to reflect on your personal gender experience.


Are you:
Over the age of 18?
Born biologically female?

Do you:
Feel that your gender identity, biological sex, and socially prescribed gender don’t match up?
Identify your gender as being outside the gender binary (male/female,masculine/feminine), and instead use a descriptor that is both, neither, or a third?

If the answer is YES to all four of these questions, you are needed for a study that is based on your personal experience of your gender!

Your participation is voluntary and confidential.
If interested, please leave a message at (415) 550-0218, or email genderqueerstudy@gmail.com. Please provide your name and phone number, along with a convenient time to reach you, so we can schedule the initial phone conversation.

Thank you for your time,
Jennifer Evans