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Jun 2, 2022 · Female maskers say the community has a variety of takes on gender and sexuality. “I know a lot of maskers who questioned their gender, and some of them discover they are transgender and...
- Jessica Lucas
Twenty-six participants mentioned face masks as contributing to resilience while also elaborating the influence of masks on experiences of misgendering. Participants identifying as trans women reported decreased misgendering while trans men and nonbinary participants reported increased misgendering.
Nov 26, 2022 · As masks are a non-pharmaceutical intervention measure to combat the virus without any discernible change in social practices, studies show that effective combinations of social distancing and ...
Jul 8, 2024 · People who were assigned female, but identify and live as male and alter or wish to alter their bodies through medical intervention to more closely resemble their gender identity are known as transsexual men or transmen (also known as female-to-male or FTM).
But some people's gender identity – their innate knowledge of who they are – is different from what was initially expected when they were born. Most of these people describe themselves as transgender. A transgender woman lives as a woman today, but was thought to be male when she was born.
While transgender people share many health concerns with the cis population, there are some special considerations that can affect physical and mental well-being among transgender and gender expansive people.
During our consultations, we noticed a rising trend: members of the transgender community reported increased episodes of being misgendered and attributed this to the use of facial masks or coverings. An important question arose: does wearing a facial mask accentuate aspects of the face that are generally considered more masculine?
