The body in transit: the production of one’s self despite the effects of violence

Abstract

Trans implies a mismatching lies between self-identified gender and the gender assigned at birth. In response,gender transitioning occurs with occasional body modifications. Although the rights of non-heterosexual peopledepend on making choices about their body and health, these are not possible because heterosexuality isconsidered a universal normality. Thus, exposing people with non-normative identities to social vulnerabilityand health incidents. As a social commitment to development, this research set out the following objective: toreconstruct subjectivity in the production of the self, self-perception of body image and technologies of the selfabout the device of sexuality, female beauty standards versus eating habits in the historical process of bodyadaptation for identity assumption in a trans woman resident in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico in the period2019-2022. With an interpretive paradigm approach using methods such as: genealogy and ethnography.Analyzing discourse from observation categories derived from queer theory. Preservation of autonomy,protection of identity and confidentiality by informed consent. Results: The production of the self is conditionedby violence and biotechnology investment. The lack of compatibility between the body and social imaginarygenerates physical dissatisfaction, another form of exposure to emotional violence. The technologies of theself are executed according to the availability, the corporal value is subject to the sum of these, highlightinghormone treatment and make-up the face. Restrictive feeding, not eating, eating less or fasting is related tothe caregiver’s rejection and rupture of the family bond.