Participant Quotations Evidencing Increased Agency
| Topic . | Quotation . |
|---|---|
| Outlook | “I think the clinic…it finalizes everything, but it’s also like a new beginning, to start something different.” (Participant 3) |
| “With me… I had an idea of the medical process, but it sort of made it clear to me what I would have to do to get to it…So it wasn’t just a far-off dream: I could actually get to it easier in a sense.” (Participant 10) | |
| “Well, I now have a goal to work toward, cos beforehand I just didn’t really know what was going to happen, but now I know what I want to do and hopefully what deadlines…I want to have it done by…” (Participant 7) | |
| “It helps me sort of believe that they’ll actually happen [goals].” (Participant 14) | |
| Validation | “Seeing someone who’s seen a lot of other trans people, it really helped to know that it’s actually something that people do, it’s not just something that I’m doing.” (Participant 5) |
| “I think it gives, at school especially, when people hear that I’ve actually gone… this far, through it [coming to RCHGS], they realize that this is serious, and they realize that this isn’t a phase that I’m just going to drop…” (Participant 3) | |
| “I think that it probably would have had some effect of my family going okay this is actually medical, it makes sense now.” (Participant 10) | |
| “It was kind of the first, I guess, time when they [parents] fully understood that I was really, really serious about this.” (Participant 4) | |
| Sense of self | “I’ve definitely learnt a lot more about the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] community, and I’ve just kind of realized exactly who I am, and that’s been really, really helpful.” (Participant 11) |
| “Well, after the appointment I did come to terms with what I identified as...I started feeling a lot less anxious about how I was presenting day to day and I felt happier because of it.” (Participant 12) | |
| “I was slightly unsure…But now that I’ve kind of had time to look back and reflect, I can see that yes, I am transgender, but I do enjoy maybe wearing makeup or doing some feminine things.” (Participant 8) | |
| “It was just more of feeling a lot more comfortable in my own skin being able to talk to someone about it.” (Participant 3) | |
| Confidence | “It helped with me feeling more confident because I knew there were other people like me and I was now having appointments to make those next steps in the transition.” (Participant 12) |
| “I’ve become a bit more confident in saying I don’t want that when it comes to stuff like clothing.” (Participant 6) | |
| “Since then, I’ve kind of developed a different kind of, well, presentation, where I kind of realized it doesn’t really matter what you wear so much as that you feel comfortable in it.” (Participant 8) | |
| “It’s definitely made me feel a lot more confident… I think it was a confirmation that what I was doing was the right choice for me, and ever since then, I’ve been confident in my transition.” (Participant 9) | |
| “I felt like I could act more in a masculine way because I was reassured that this is normal for someone like me...It made me feel like I could be the truest version of myself that I can be.” (Participant 3) |
| Topic . | Quotation . |
|---|---|
| Outlook | “I think the clinic…it finalizes everything, but it’s also like a new beginning, to start something different.” (Participant 3) |
| “With me… I had an idea of the medical process, but it sort of made it clear to me what I would have to do to get to it…So it wasn’t just a far-off dream: I could actually get to it easier in a sense.” (Participant 10) | |
| “Well, I now have a goal to work toward, cos beforehand I just didn’t really know what was going to happen, but now I know what I want to do and hopefully what deadlines…I want to have it done by…” (Participant 7) | |
| “It helps me sort of believe that they’ll actually happen [goals].” (Participant 14) | |
| Validation | “Seeing someone who’s seen a lot of other trans people, it really helped to know that it’s actually something that people do, it’s not just something that I’m doing.” (Participant 5) |
| “I think it gives, at school especially, when people hear that I’ve actually gone… this far, through it [coming to RCHGS], they realize that this is serious, and they realize that this isn’t a phase that I’m just going to drop…” (Participant 3) | |
| “I think that it probably would have had some effect of my family going okay this is actually medical, it makes sense now.” (Participant 10) | |
| “It was kind of the first, I guess, time when they [parents] fully understood that I was really, really serious about this.” (Participant 4) | |
| Sense of self | “I’ve definitely learnt a lot more about the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] community, and I’ve just kind of realized exactly who I am, and that’s been really, really helpful.” (Participant 11) |
| “Well, after the appointment I did come to terms with what I identified as...I started feeling a lot less anxious about how I was presenting day to day and I felt happier because of it.” (Participant 12) | |
| “I was slightly unsure…But now that I’ve kind of had time to look back and reflect, I can see that yes, I am transgender, but I do enjoy maybe wearing makeup or doing some feminine things.” (Participant 8) | |
| “It was just more of feeling a lot more comfortable in my own skin being able to talk to someone about it.” (Participant 3) | |
| Confidence | “It helped with me feeling more confident because I knew there were other people like me and I was now having appointments to make those next steps in the transition.” (Participant 12) |
| “I’ve become a bit more confident in saying I don’t want that when it comes to stuff like clothing.” (Participant 6) | |
| “Since then, I’ve kind of developed a different kind of, well, presentation, where I kind of realized it doesn’t really matter what you wear so much as that you feel comfortable in it.” (Participant 8) | |
| “It’s definitely made me feel a lot more confident… I think it was a confirmation that what I was doing was the right choice for me, and ever since then, I’ve been confident in my transition.” (Participant 9) | |
| “I felt like I could act more in a masculine way because I was reassured that this is normal for someone like me...It made me feel like I could be the truest version of myself that I can be.” (Participant 3) |