How transgender students weather the storm to be successful in college

What is it about?

Using four years' worth of data, our article describes four practices that transgender college students engaged in to constantly find a way forward through college. We find that participants engaged in individual and collective processes to bounce back from individual and institutional instances of transphobia and trans oppression on college campuses. We also found evidence of three key sources of support that gave students a break from having to be resilient.

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Photo by Alex Shute on Unsplash

Photo by Alex Shute on Unsplash

Why is it important?

As transgender people continue to face partisan attacks from political actors, understanding how they endure and bounce back from these incidents remains paramount, particularly in education settings. Transgender people have continued to be resilient in the face of oppressive forces for decades--if not centuries--and our work helps identify how these communities persist in the college context.