Civilian Reintegration as a Trans Veteran: An Acculturative Phenomenon
Abstract
Recent government policy changes have reaffirmed the military service of transgender service members, thus more trans people may join and ultimately separate from military service. The process of leaving military service and resuming life as a civilian is called reintegration (Elnitsky et al., 2017). Prior to this study, research had not yet investigated trans veterans' reintegration experiences. Trans veterans may encounter unique changes during reintegration, e.g., in cultural identification, values, and behaviors within and across challenging military and civilian sociopolitical contexts which are associated with acculturative processes (Cicognani et al., 2018; Sam and Berry, 2006; Schwartz et al., 2010; Trivette, 2010). Gaining insight about reintegration experiences can promote understanding of difficulties encountered by, and inform development of supportive interventions for, trans veterans (Ahern et al., 2015). This qualitative research study asked: What is the lived experience of U.S. trans veterans' cultural reintegration from life in military society to life in civilian society?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 22, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1164309
Entities
People
- Joseph A Galluzzo
- R C-l Chao
Organizations
- 59th Medical Wing
- University of Denver