Medical Anthropology for Transgender Health in Thailand and Japan.

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23652198
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: 藍野大学短期大学部 (2012-2013); Ainogakuin College (2011)
• Principal Investigator: TAKAGAKI MASAO 藍野大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 教授 (70252533)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 性別違和 / トランスセクシュアル / 性別適合手術 / 民俗誌 / 医療人類学 / タイ / 日本

Research Abstract

In this study, on the background of increasing number of Gender Dysphoria (GD) peoples in the world, the validity of the current gender-reassignment-medicine were discussed and verified by deducing possible etiology of GD from narrative analysis of GD peoples by using a method of medical anthropology through practicing as a trainee doctor in the major hospitals in Thailand that gender-reassignment-surgery had been being carried out as a medical tourism, and then basic knowledge for care and understanding of GD peoples were presented. Our medico-anthropological study seems to suggesting that GD might be a universal phenomenon inherently crossing their gender, and their moral and human experiences might be treated justly with well-defined etiology that was described and discussed in this medical-anthropology studies.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 身体とジェンダーの狭間で苦悩する性の救済- 性同一性障害の理解と看護ケアのための医療人類学 - (2014)
  • Author(s): 高垣政雄
  • Journal Title: (総説) 藍野学院紀要 Volume: 第26巻 Pages: 1-42
• [Journal Article] トランスジェンダーの医療人類学的研究- 性別適合手術による性別違和感の語りの変容 (2014)
  • Author(s): 市橋弘子, 今井真央, 落合小百合, 川越未来, 能城久美子, 柴田真理子, 高垣雅緖
  • Journal Title: 藍野学院紀要
• [Journal Article] 性別違和, (旧)性同一性障害について-パート 2 : 性別適合手術の注意すべき合併症 (2014)
  • Author(s): 高垣雅緖
  • Journal Title: IZUO DAYORI Volume: No.255 Pages: 2-3
• [Journal Article] 性別違和, (旧)性同一性障害について-パート 1 : 第 23 回WPATH 国際会議参加報告 (2014)
  • Author(s): 高垣雅緖
  • Journal Title: IZUO DAYORI Volume: No.255 Pages: 2-3
• [Journal Article] トランスセクシュアルの医療人類誌
  • Author(s): 高垣政雄
  • Journal Title: 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科修士論文
• [Presentation] Relief of the dysphoria between the gender and the body, a medico-anthropological study of gender dysphoria (2014)
  • Author(s): Masao Takagaki, Preecha Tiewtranon
  • Organizer: The 23rd WPATH Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Bangkok
  • Year and Date: 2014-02-16
• [Presentation] Urinary fistula caused by growing hairy plaque in the neo-urethra using abdominal skin/muscle flap (2014)
  • Author(s): Masao Takagaki, Preecha Tiewtranon
  • Organizer: The 23rd WPATH Symposium, Surgical Summit
  • Place of Presentation: Bangkok
  • Year and Date: 2014-02-14
• [Presentation] トランスセクシュアル の医療人類学的研究2013日本文化人類学会近畿 (2013)
  • Author(s): 高垣雅緒
  • Organizer: 地区研究懇談会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立民族学博物館
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-30
• [Remarks] 成果の発表BLOG : Transgender Journal
  • URL: http://williumosler.at.webry.info/
• [Remarks] 代表者のジェンダー外来
  • URL: http://kyotokeishinkai.or.jp/kizugawa/gairai/gender.html
• [Remarks] 新聞発表等朝日新聞「私の視点」性別変更, 特例法の問題点 平成 26年7月6日
• [Remarks] 啓信会京都きづ川病院ジェンダー外来開設 平成24年3月(臨床フィールドへの実践)
• [Remarks] ジェンダークリニック開設のための研究計画書 大阪府済生会病院倫理委員会提出 平成26年6月22日提出(臨床フィールドへの実践)