#Schilt and westbrook contexts journal 2015 update#

#Schilt and westbrook contexts journal 2015 update#

Three new co-authors join this update two are transmen. Of all the first author’s more than two dozen publications, the 2011 article has garnered more interest and emails than any other, with people typically expressing appreciation for attention to this issue, and asking about further research opportunities.

We appreciate the opportunity to update the original Michigan Family Review article, Thematic Analysis of the Experiences of Wives Who Stay with Husbands Who Transition Male-to-Female (Bischof, Warnaar, Barajas, & Dhaliwal, 2011). Keywords: Transgender, couples, transmen, transwoman, couple therapy. This current article begins with a brief overview of the recent sociopolitical context and evolving vocabulary regarding transgender individuals and couples, and then addresses recent literature and thinking on transgender couple and sexual issues, gender non-conforming partnerships, self-esteem issues for cisgender partners, faith and spirituality as resources, and recommendations for future research. A lot has happened in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual+ (LGBTQA+) arena since the initial article. Email: article provides an update to “Thematic Analysis of the Experiences of Wives Who Stay with Husbands Who Transition Male-to-Female,” which was published in Michigan Family Review in 2011. Bischof, PhD, Professor and Dean, Lee Honors College, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5244.

*Please address all correspondence to Gary H.