The T-Male Presents in cooperation with Researcher: Aren Z. Aizura:
Transgender, Transsexual, Genderqueer, Gender Variant People and Travel: Questionnaire
Posted April 21, 2006
From the creator of this questionnaire, Aren Aizura:
How would you like to participate in an online questionnaire about gender variance and travel?
The questionnaire is about how patterns of geographical travel relate to gender variant identities and practices. It forms part of a doctoral research project in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The questionnaire is for anyone, living anywhere in the world, aged over 18 who considers themselves transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, gender variant or gender transgressive. During the questionnaire, you will be asked questions such as: whether you have ever travelled long distances in order to obtain body modifications such as hormones or gender reassignment surgery; whether it has been necessary for you to move to another place in order to live in your chosen gender; if you have travelled or gone on holiday in order to mark the moment of public transition from one gender to another; if you feel that place or geographical location relates to the way you experience gender identity, and if so, how; about any experiences you've had negotiating gender identity or passing while travelling, for example in airports, passing through Customs, etc.
Unfortunately, the questionnaire is only available in English at this time.
The questionnaire takes about 15-30 minutes to fill out. You do not have to provide your name -- it is entirely anonymous.
You can also stop doing the survey at any time.
The results of the survey will be used in both a qualitative and quantitative sense: to prepare some statistics on the most common reasons that gender variant people might travel; and to gather first-hand textual accounts.
I will be analysing and publishing the results in the latter part of my PhD thesis, entitled "Travellers Across the Boundaries of Sex".
For more information about the study as a whole, ethical considerations, method and direction of this research, please see the Gender Travel website: http://www.gendertravel.info.
About the Researcher: Aren Z. Aizura is a Melbourne-based ftm trannyboy. He is writing a doctoral research project on gender variance and travel, for which this questionnaire is designed. The anticipated expiration date for the questionnaire, depending on responses, is June 30th. Please email me on alchemic@optusnet.com.au if you have any questions regarding the survey or research.
Thank you for your interest!
Sincerely, Aren Aizura
http://www.gendertravel.info/survey.htm
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Aren Z. Aizura Doctoral Candidate Department of English with Cultural Studies Faculty of Arts University of Melbourne Victoria, Australia phone: (0011) 61 3 9384 3216 email: alchemic@optusnet.com.au web: http://www.gendertravel.info mailing address: 12 Ewen St, Coburg, Vic AUSTRALIA 3058
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