A Phenomenological Qualitative Study on the Transition Experiences of Transgender : For trans women

The purpose of this study is to explore transgender people’s transition experiences as a qualitative analysis method. Therefore, in this study, Giorgi’s technical phenomenological method was performed to analyze the participants’ transition experiences and subjective meanings in the process. In-depth interviews were conducted on transition experiences with six trans women and data were analyzed. As a result of the analysis, 6 topics and 17 sub-topics were derived from a total of 289 semantic units. The results of the study are ‘internal conflict in adolescence when physical discord begins’, ‘living a double life to live’, ‘rejection and acceptance of coming out’, ‘effort to find myself’, ‘building a new relationship through transition’, ‘mixed future prospects: frustration and hope’. This study is significant in that it provides counseling experts with special experiences and data on the process of transgender transition by exploring in-depth.